What valuable pieces did the Brewers get for Sheffield? Are you talking about the great Matt Mieske? or better yet the ace Ricky Bones? or the hall of famer Jose Valentin? Which one of those were a valuable piece again? Ricky Bones was an all star. Somebody had to be that year.
Oh, I remember the circumstances. He was baaaaddd leading up to being sent down. It was a bit sleezy, but that doesn't minimize how poorly his season went.
I think Braun is highly undervalued on this board. His contract is not an albatross to the franchise. He's paid at value according to today's market. He's still a top-flight offensive weapon.
It's kind of 'meh' now, but I think Herrera will be an exiting guy to watch and Peralta seems to project to a MLB reliever at some point. Missaki is a tough one to get excited about.
Missaki seems underwhelming. Not a lot of projectibility here. http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/after-pitching-in-wbc-at-16-brazils-daniel-missaki-signs-with-mariners/
Because Jacob Gatewood has star potential and Hader/Houser are both most likely headed for the bullpen someday. That is the main reason most will rank them like that. Hader has all the ceiling/star potential that Gatewood has and a much higher floor.