Comment pasted from MC on Chiang (by Dodger fan):
Chiang is the one player going that I don't like seeing in the trade. You can't just dismiss a guy who is putting up a 1.050ish OPS in the Eastern League at 23 years old. That doesn't happen every day. In fact, no one with over 300 PA has come close to doing it in the last decade (23 or younger).
He is still vastly underrated as a prospect because of his struggles prior to this year, which are explained by struggles with controlling diabetes.
I actually agree that he doesn't have much of a future in Boston with the only real place he could theoretically fit at DH after Ortiz. But, another year from now, having proved that his hitting performance this year isn't a fluke, he is going to be much more highly regarded than he is now and would bring back significantly more value to the organization.
I'm not concerned with any of the other pieces in the trade. Fife and Fed-Ex are exactly the types of prospects you use in a trade like this. But, I have a really bad feeling that we sold on Chiang too soon. He is the best bat in the Sox minor league system.