Rogers was the worst of a couple bad trades on deadline day.
It's not the moves themselves, it's the overpay. I HATE Stowers and Norby for a 5th starter. Those are two MLB starters, not even on a bad team. If pitching is that expensive ride it out with Povich, move McDermott to the pen and let that strikeout rate go crazy at max effort.
And no, I don't think he's a clear upgrade over the unknown and inexperienced Povich even.
The only move I didn't HATE was Hays. Traded away most of my favorite under the top level sleepers and got nothing real helpful back. Traded for another OF when you just traded Hays to open up space. Why not play Heston and Coby? They need MLB at bats anyway.
I can't believe that OAK wouldn't have taken Norby, Stowers and a couple of those sleepers for Miller. Although I get the nervousness of dealing for a guy fighting injury that throws 103. Could be another big injury coming there. Hell I would have been happier had they traded Norby and Stowers for Scott. I just have a hard time imagining teams being THAT dumb that their demands were THAT high...but also definitely possible.