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Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan
Butler is a good player but IMO DH only players lose value. People here wanted Dylan Bundy for him and that's crazy.
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What people here (or at least most of us) said was that if the Royals traded Butler, it would be for pitching help, and that the Orioles were a bad matchup.
Because none of the flotsam (Arrieta/Matusz/Tillman/etc) being mentioned by O's fans was worth moving Butler for, and Bundy was the only "close" pitching prospect the O's had, and clearly that was too much to give up for Butler.
Basically, the O's system was all about 3 premium guys (Bundy, Gausman, Machado) and all were too valuable to trade for Butler, but none of the leftover pieces added enough value to KC.