I don't think that the Sox/Angels trade is that bad. If you think that Quero is a going to be your catcher of the future, he's currently blocked at the Major Leagues by the catcher of the future O'Hoppe. So unless you think that he's a good candidate for permanant DH, then I'm not sure where you'd put him. Plus you have someone who is a really good DH that you're trying like hell to sign to a mega contract. I'm not an expert on the Angels' system by Ky Bush doesn't seem to be anything special either. But the players themselves aren't really the issue, right? It's like why are you throwing more resources behind a team that's probably not that good and probably won't make the playoffs? And to answer that I think that this is a move made with the idea of trying to convince Ohtani that they are doing everything that they can to be good. The Angels haven't made the postseason in 10 seasons and I don't think have been particularly close either despite having Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Ohtani, etc. on the roster at certain times. I think that when you get even a sliver of an opportunity like Los Angeles has, you have to take it.
The Angels' system also isn't very good, so I'm not sure the White Sox chose now to trade maybe the best pitcher on the market (dependent on whether Paxton is available, though the way the Red Sox have played I doubt very much that he is) when there could've been a nice bidding war going into the last week of July.
And I don't think that Arte Moreno is a good guy or a particularly good owner, but I do like that he went for it. I wish that more owners would go against their brains for making money and just say fuck it and see what happens.