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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
Don't get too hung up on prospects, guys. I grant that it's a bit of a different situation, but it wasn't too long ago I was reluctant to part with Travis Snider and Kyle Drabek (who were considered to be just as good as Myers at the time) for Zach Greinke when that was rumoured. Look how that turned out. These guys aren't certainties.
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Snider and Drabek were great prospects, but were either of them ever top 3 players? Did either of them either sweep Minor League Player of the Year awards? I saw someone post a list of players who had swept the MiPOTY from the big 3 publications earlier today (think it was on a Mets forum I got linked to). The WORST guy I remember from that list was Derek Bell.
Zack Greinke was also quite a bit better, younger, etc. than James Shields (if I recall correctly, our debates about Greinke to Toronto were mostly in the 2009 offseason/early 2010 season...
Drabek was top 30 in both years he was ranked, which is big leap from the top 3-5.
Now, I know Snider was No. 6 entering the 2009 season according to BA, but he never flashed the huge power in the minors that Myers did. Heck, in his season in Las Vegas, one of the best hitters parks in the minors, he only popped 14 home runs. They're similar prospects, but Myers' pedigree is a little bit better.
I'm fine with trading Myers IF the return is huge. But it doesn't make sense for KC to trade him for a guy already on the wrong side of 30, who isn't a true ace, who is only under contract for two more seasons.