Feels like a pretty shitty trade. Isn't it likely that a comp pick would have been significantly better? I don't see us having much cap room next FA so I imagine we would actually be in line to receive one.
It literally happens every year in some capacity that a 28 year old journeyman breaks out. Hell Kirby Yates used his elite slider to do just that at the ripe age of 31 last year.
Speaking of Contreras, fangraphs is now incorporating framing into catcher defense and Contreras' first 2 seasons now stand as 2.5 WAR years, and last year was 0.9. Additionally Posey's 2012 season is now at 10.4.
A friend at work surprised me with a Sosa bobblehead from the 2001 ASG (Seattle). It is amazing and I cherish it dearly. I often wonder how good that 03 team would have been if Solomon Torres wasn't such a POS.