We all know in hindsight that the Verlander trade to the Astros by Al Avila was a complete dud. It was a trade that in the long-term lead to Avilia being hated by fans and losing his job as GM. The hate on the Verlander trade is not revisionist history either. Many people here and throughout the fanbase hated what Avila brought back or didn't get in return for Verlander as it happened. Specifically, people seemed to hate not getting their top prospect and a top 30 prospect overall in Kyle Tucker.
Would you have been satisfied with the Verlander trade at the time if it were a straight up deal for Kyle Tucker? If you could get an organization's top positional prospect today, and you felt that player was going to develop into a Kyle Tucker equivalent player, would that be enough for Skubal in your mind? Granted, you don't always know what a player will develop into. You can think you're getting the next Kyle Tucker and instead you get the next Eric Munson. But assuming your Team President, GM, and scouting staff had enough confidence that the player they got in return would be of Tucker-like caliber, would that be enough for you?