I don't think it's remotely fair to compare Sheets/Engle/Vaughn to one of the best hitters in history (who also had their defensive ability hidden by The Green Monster)
But if we want to lay a foundation for a team that competes annually why are we trading Vaughn? Unless it's for a bona fide superstar with years of control left, I don't see the point.
or.....here me out......we can just keep Vaughn and sign Castellanos/Conforto or Shwarber?
Seriously, what is the obsession with trading Vaughn around here?
I don't really see the point of this trade when we can keep Vaughn and just sign someone like Conforto for money. Not to mention that Kath has literally just started his career and hasn't been able to really build any value.
God, he so much potential. Jim Margalus' post every offseason speculating whether Beckham finally figured it out was a Soxmachine tradition while he was on the team..
Are we sure Vaughn's value dropped? He held his own (and more for a chunk of it) for a full MLB season after not playing above High-A and played all over the field. Yeah, he wasn't Juan Soto, but he also wasn't 2006 Brian Anderson out there.