Thompson being included makes me a little more pro-Philly on this than I was on the initial reports that I saw which left him out. From reading up on it, I'd basically put comps as something like:
Thompson ~ Owens (pitchers near the bottom of B
A's midseason top 50).
Williams ~ Margot (OF near the middle of
Sickels' midseason top 75.. williams is higher now based on a big first half, but margot has been higher until recently)
Alfaro ~ Brian Johnson?
Asher - Chavis (who really knows, both probably outside the top 200)
I think Owens, Margot, Johnson, Chavis is a deal I would've been fine with* if the Sox were in contention this year, but not as a purely for-the-future move. I think it's also much closer to what most people here were saying was a reasonable package for Hamels than the ridiculous Betts/Swihart rumors. Not to mention the $$ philly ended up swallowing (cash and harrison).
* not that philly would have preferred it to what they got. i think it's a similar value package, but they may well prefer the specific players in the rangers' package
