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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Found where Mecca got it from

The Royals got nothing for Whit Merrifield. They got nothing for Kelvin Herrera. They got nothing for Wade Davis. They got nothing for Mike Moustakas. And now they may be about to get nothing for Scott Barlow. This organization is so completely inept it’s embarrassing.

— Royals Farm Report (@RoyalsFarm) July 23, 2023

I get it and I always say it in these threads but the trade market has been generally dead for a long time unless you're trading Mookie Betts. Merrifield they could have gotten more out of, but the rest of those guys I don't know what you're expecting really. Moustakas literally had to come crawling back here because no one wanted to sign him in the first place. The big market teams like the Dodgers and Yankees hang on to many of their big prospects as much as the small market teams anymore and it jacked the trade market up.

You aren't getting a top 100 guy for Herrera or Moose, etc. Actually they basically did get a top 100 guy for Moose in Brett Phillips. I think he was off the list by that point but it hadn't been THAT long since he was a top 100 guy which was an amazing return really.