This trade affects nothing, IMO. The Cardinals traded a pitcher who was going to be non-tendered this winter plus a pitcher who is 24 years old, still in A+ and wasn’t even on the Cardinals top 30 prospects. The posters on here didn’t even include him in the top 75 prospects. What they received was a veteran who could be washed up or might be having some bad luck or some other issue considering his stats seem to indicate a sudden drop in performance. I would have to look further into Happ to try to see what might be going on.
Mo does seem to be grasping for straws to try to get to the post season.