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Originally Posted by kq76
For people who like to trade a lot and who would rather the game put up barriers than ask themselves whether it's a fair trade, then maybe it is for them.
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The rest of your post is reasonable, but I do want to quibble with this as being a rather unfair characterization. I don't think it's accurate or helpful to portray people who prefer hard mode as only liking it since they're unable or unwilling to police themselves.
To me, I look at it like the trade of Moreno and Gurriel for Varsho. Would there have probably been a trade where the throw-in is a low-probability prospect rather than Gurriel? Absolutely. Would that have made the Jays a better team for 2023 and beyond? Yes. But Atkins didn't have the luxury of asking the DBacks GM to provide a comprehensive list of every single player in the Jays org that he would accept as the throw-in on the deal and so to make sure the deal got across the line, accepted the deal with Gurriel.
I don't think any amount of 'policing yourself' can capture that, since a deal of Moreno + a AA 40-value guy would also have been *fair* (heck, many would argue that Moreno alone is an overpay, though I disagree). But for some trades you might have to decide if you want to try and nickel-and-dime it to give up slightly less, or want to give up a bit more to get the deal done today- and I find that both really enjoyable, and much more in line with my experience playing against other people.