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Neither of the Mesa Brothers (Victor Victor or Victor Jr) has been declared a FA yet. Don’t think that’s “done” to the Orioles yet.
They have the biggest pile to offer so it makes sense to connect them.
Okchiefa, I have a challenge for you. You tell me what players of high value and when Dayton Moore should have traded them. You keep bitching about it but the examples don’t exist.
I’ll knock one our ahead of time: you mentioned Danny Duffy over the past offseason. They explored/listened on him. He was clearly at a depressed value after a down 2017 (compared to 2016). Trading players for 80 cents on the dollar is dangerous.
Posturing that Merrifield is too valuable to move in-season doesn’t mean he won’t be moved now or in the offseason. It’s just a signal that Royals are firm on their asking price (which they should be).
They’ve got so much control of him and he’s having such a good season, there’s no problem holding him and planning to move him with 4 years of control vs 4.5. He’s coming off a 4-win season and on his way to a 5 win or so season. That would inflate his value damn near into Adam Eaton territory, and Eaton commanded a huge return.
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