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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
He's also 17 years old and has to go through years of successful development to even reach the point where he will even be a MLB player. The risk is enormous. He's certainly not worth two guys that are already major league players (I wouldn't really classify them prospects any more) and will be under control for 5 years.
His range took a huge improvement last season, and his arm is pretty strong. If he's going to end up as a DH, it's still years away.
I don't think trading Greinke for toolsy 17 year olds will help, though. From what I've read, they are looking for young guys that will step in immediately.
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Not sure where you've been reading that. I'm sure they'd like a starter to step in and take ZG's innings, but they want guys that will hit the majors at the same time as our other top prospects, so 1-3 years from now. That is our window, which is why we are open to trading Greinke on the hope of competing big in 2013-2017.