All teams do go through the situation where they make what turns out to be a bad deal. It just seems that the Cardinals have recently given away several top players instead of one here and one there.
My fear is we are going to do it again. I get the sense Mo & Co. will make a Mulder-Haren/Barton type deal where they send a young pitcher like Liberatore or Woodford along with a Dylan Carlson and a top prospect for a proven starter. Then in two years the proven starter will be on the shelf, while the pitcher we sent is a 1 or 2 starter and one of the position players is better than the guy we are using in that spot.
Most of the time I do not like deals where you send three or so younger unproven guys for that one piece you think you need.