Listening to Stearns about the trade, he came off as admitting it was a bad trade, even though he didn't actually say it. You are spinning that to your favor if you think anything else.
Rogers was struggling big time with the Padres before we got him, and he continued his struggles.
Hader is in fact the best reliver in baseball as long as he truly is back to his normal self. He was hitting 100 routinely the past couple of games, and sure looked like he was back to himself.
You just can't paint this trade as one thing. Did it knock us out of the playoffs? Quite possibly. In 2 years, once Gasser and Ruiz are determined, could we be a better team at that time? Quite possibly.
Simple fact is, right here and now, with a team on the brink of the playoffs in 2022, that trade completely blew butt, and that is what your typical fan will see.
Personally, if Ruiz such a great get, and is so coveted around MLB, he is the guy I am looking to trade this off season.