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My standpoint is fairly straight forward.
Any move made, whether at the deadline or in the offseason, needs to consider both present and future performance. If you're considering a deadline deal for a mercenary it needs to make the team both better now AND next season and beyond.
That said, I'm a firm believer that in baseball the best predictor for future success is past performance. If you want to be an attractive place for free agents, home grown talent, and the fans, then you must win - and win consistently. Nobody wants to give a home town discount to a loser and the family friendly atmosphere only goes so far at the gate.
With that in mind, my philosophy is to trade away scrap or useless parts for mercenaries, but if you are trading something of significant value, you need a longer term reward.
- Ben.