Situations can change - what was unfair last week may be fair this week. If Strawberry gets injured for the year, Mark Whiten's stock would shoot up, for example. Sending angry or obscene protests is a good way to get ignored. Pointing out that you protested a trade that was allowed, which turned out to be one-sided, is meaningless. Our decisions are not predictions of what will happen - nobody can know that.
Nobody really knows ahead of time.
Right now, their potential is pretty comparable, and their sophomore seasons could be up or down. Remember - the game is supposed to be fun.