Okay, I'll float this in the thread where it belongs (a thread we also haven't used for over two weeks in favor of just doing trade talk in the Phillies thread, incidentally)
I don't know that history really shows that to be the case either. The guys you get for injury insurance aren't necessarily that good, and certainly not as good as the players they'd have to replace. Guys like Thor and Lorenzen were depth, and actually filled a hole (in Thor's case a big one, in Lorenzen's a fuzzier one based on the possibility of Sanchez faltering or Lorenzen being a good reliever).
A depth trade deadline deal to me is more like Wilson Ramos and Asdrubal Cabrera in 2018, both of whom were actually useful and pretty good, and entirely for naught (never mind that was also a questionable decision to mildly "go for it"). Or getting Freddy Galvis because he's better than Ronald Torreyes - but not someone you'd want to see start a game.
In the 2024 game of DHs and high-volume bullpen use this team is already pretty well set. They should upgrade on Weston Wilson because they actually do need a platoon OF, not just someone who'd be better if one of our current starting OFs gets hurt (Merrifield having failed in both roles). They should replace Pache with a LHB, probably. Your injury insurance is actually Wilson and Clemens in AAA, and maybe Buddy Kennedy (or, may he be so lucky, Kingery).
