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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
You absolutely do add some veterans if you’re in tank/rebuild mode, with an eye on flipping them at the deadline.
The key is not blocking any young players who are MLB ready. Duda does that, Owings does that, if they’re taking ABs away from O’Hearn or Dozier.
They would trade Merrifield if someone pushed forward the right offer, but I don’t believe it came. With the way teams now hoard prospects, it is going to get harder for teams to justify trading players with lots of control just because the window is still several years off.
The lack of success of recent tankers like the White Sox also offers a cautionary tale. What they got for a player very similar to Merrifield has not really impressed.
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Duncan, if the Royals get off to a hot start over the next couple of weeks.
Why not sign Keuchel or Kimbrel? They could still trade them right? Would there be a negative?