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To me that would be just about fair. Elias already IS a valuable ML starter, with a 7.7 / 3.5 / 1.0 slash line in 300- ML innings. That's already a Edison Volquez, Edwin Jackson slash line and that's just Elias getting oriented.
You could easily see Elias as being where Gio Gonzalez was, right before his leap into stardom.
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Not sure what window dressing the teams would add to each side, so that the pundits couldn't just analyze it mano-a-mano. It would be a 2-for-3 or something. But to me the deal is a fair one even steven.
So, yeah, would hate to add Kivlehan for a PTBNL type. But certainly wouldn't shock.