No, no. no, please don't fall for the trap that the Phils should immediately deal a young, skilled home grown guy simply because they have similar skills. For once, can we get to the point where we realize that in today's game a pitcher is a pitcher is a pitcher. Heck we could go into September trying to make the playoffs with a rotation that includes Smyly, Vargas and Straily [he did not sign with the Phils to pitch in LHV, no way.]
Unless you are bringing in a Greinke or Corbin, there really is little difference between a Vargas and an Eflin, a Smyly and a Velasquez or a Straily and a guy the Phils would likely get for either Haseley or MM. Let them play, let them grow and then see what happens.
Frankly, I am very much pro keeping the prospects and seeing how they progress with the organization. And I am still a big believer that with todays game and its leanings you simply do NOT trade hitters for pitchers unless you are getting back a Greinke or the like.
Besides, as poor as the pitching has been this year, if this team doesn't make the playoffs [and I don't think they will even finish .500] it will fall on the heads of the offense and not the starting pitching. With an offense that we had a right to expect this year both Smyly and Vargas could have won their recent starts. Given the way balls are flying out of the ballpark like cicadas flying out of their hiding places after 17 years in captivity, this Phillie offense has been an unmitigated disaster.
Keep Haseley and MM till we know what we have and can negotiate from a position of strength. Right now that is certainly not the case.