They're essentially eating $36 million!?!?! 9.5 cash and 26 mill over 2 for this stuff Harrison. And they didn't get a top prospect!? Jesus.
Harrison is either going to pitch well (good #3) or else he's going to re-injure his back and retire. At that point, insurance covers his salary anyhow. I'm actually intrigued by him, but odds are on him getting re-injured. His back surgeon strongly suggested he retire after having his spine fused.
As a Phillies fan, it is laughable if you're looking at his record as a method to judge how good of a pitcher he is. Look at his record when he gets run support of 3 or more runs and do a comparison between that and less than 3 runs.
I was mad at first thinking this trade was only for Alfaro, Thompson, and Eikhoff. Adding Williams made it a fair deal in my book. While Williams hasn't had the best year in the minors, he's still comparable to Nola on a prospect level. The Phillies only had one prospect left in the top 100 (with Nola in the majors) and just added 3 more. Also I don't consider Gallo a prospect as he's playing in the bigs and knocking out Home Runs. No shot they were getting him unless maybe he was the only player the Phillies were going to get and they took on half of Hamel's contract.