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Originally Posted by siberian khatru
I really don't disagree with any of that.
Two nitpicks:
* Guillen is a sunk cost. Pay his entire salary to facilitate a trade, or be willing to outright release him if nobody bites. It's important to just get him off the team.
* Trade DeJesus for anything of value. Trading players for a certain position is the mistake Baird made with Beltran ("We need a C, 3B and a P"). I'd rather acquire the best talent out there and then deal with positions later. Someone else could move or we could make another trade to loosen the logjam.
As for the Greinke situation, unfortunately I tend to agree with you. His contract is not lined up well with the current crop of prospects. Just as they are supposed to mature and start competing, Zack becomes a FA. That's the risk DM took drafting HS talent instead of college talent that might've come to the bigs earlier (Smoak, Beckham, etc.).
It would kill me to see Zack go, and I'm not sure I trust DM to get the right guys in return (he'd probably seek yet more "toolsy" Joey Gathright types). But theoretically, I think it's the right move to make.
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I'm with you on Guillen and DeJesus, actually (get WHATEVER you can for them). I was just trying to project a bit, knowing I would be trying to construct a rotation/starting lineup based on return for trading them.
I'd actually throw Callaspo in that pool, too.
I think it will be interesting to see the Royals draft this year. I suspect we'll see another college-heavy draft. Which is not a bad cycle to jump-start a minor league system ... two HS heavy, followed by two college heavy puts a lot of guys of similar age in position to help you around the same time. Then you draft BPA from then on and try to replenish within...