I wonder if Dipoto had assumed for a while that Iwakuma was gone and had already put the pieces in motion for a Boston trade, just in case he was right about Iwakuma.
I've said how I morphed into understanding and appreciating the Miley deal, to some extent. 200 locked in, MLB-type innings is a big thing to have.
Getting Karns was a bold and very good move. Always liked that one.
I remain on the down side of the Martin trade.
The Lind deal was neat. Kind of the cherry on top of the others. if we don't make a run into the playoffs, 5 years from now we may look at it in an entirely different way. One of those young arms is likely to be good. but he addressed a need and didn't make a longterm commitment to do it.
And I think he may yet make another deal for a positional guy.
So, I'll give him a A- on the Karns deal, B/B- for Miley, C- for Martin, and A- for Lind (would really have preferred 4 years of a Korean bat).
He's batting .750, in my eyes.