I think they asked for Lowder, Petty and two lesser prospects. It definitely wasn’t 5, with 4 of them being elite. To me, that was leaked by the Reds to make it easier for their fans to accept not going after him.
Can you imagine how sure we would have been 5-6 years ago that Moncada would be a 30/30 candidate every year and that Eloy would have 35-40 homers a year? That Michael Kopech is going to be throwing 98 mph as a starter!