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You can't bemoan that in baseball when you get a really productive player anyway. Shelby Miller was a damned good draft pick.
Also, let's consider the potential upside of this trade:
Heyward can be an elite RF. We had a black hole there. This also might open up a spot in the rotation for Martinez, which could make the entire trade worth it, since Matheny is loathe to use him anywhere other than the eighth. Mozeliak was presented with a glaring hole and dealt with it from a position of strength while potentially not really weakening said strength. Maybe Heyward leaves and Miller turns into a healthy Chris Carpenter and Jenkins becomes an ace. It's not impossible. But given what the Cardinals know about their players and what Heyward has done at this point in his career (and his number of prime years left) this is a deal you can't pass up.
Bottenfield for Edmonds doesn't exist anymore.
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