The problem with arguing with casuals (and I say that super respectfully and am not pointing at specific people here) is that they don't know who either of those guys are or the process needed to run a small market organization like ours. We need to acquire volume and we need to scratch from every avenue to get it. A lot of that volume isn't going to pan out. That's the process.
We could have traded Burnes for Ortiz, the Orioles entire AA team, 1% of the city of Baltimore's annual GDP, Under Armour headquarters, and royalty rights to "The Raven" by EAP and the response to Ortiz' development from many would be the same "we should have gotten a better headliner for Burnes, bad trade".
It's actually why I've stuck around these boards as long as I have. Really good fans here. My daily life is filled with "If I were Milwaukee I would give Kyle Schwarber an 8 yr. $240 mil deal tomorrow... we need his bat". I come here (minus the in game threads) for baseball sanity.