The "in-division" thing is kind of silly. I guarantee most teams would rather have butler long term than konerko, for one thing. for another, Cabrera and Morenau are both top 5-8 1b in baseball In THE PRIME of their careers. Which Butler hasn't hit yet...
24-year-old hitters with 20-25 HR power (what Butler has - I'm sure he will get to at least 21 again) who hit 40 2nd and are perennial .300 hitters are rare and valuable.
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