[duncan_idaho]

That Bruce hypothetical also makes two assumptions:

1) The Mets REALLY ARE desperate to dump Bruce
2) The Royals are seriously entertaining offers for Dyson.

If you keep Jarrod, even though it offers less power, you probably get more value from 400 ABs of Dyson + his defense and baserunning compared to Bruce.

If you go to Bruce, you have 648 games to split between LF, RF, CF, and DH

Gordon gets 150 (if healthy - preferably with 10 at DH)
Cain gets 140 (if healthy - preferably with 20 at DH)
Soler gets 150 (if healthy)

That leaves 208 games. If you're trying to give 120-130 starts to Bruce, which you'd have to to make this trade, does that give you enough games to also rest Perez and Moustakas AND get Cain 25-30 1/2 games off at DH?

Could get messy.