If you're goal is to be better today, you're never going to get equivalent value for an MVP-calibre player. It's about taking the risk to be better tomorrow. Baltimore would be foolish not to try and move Machado this year either.
Oakland ditched Donaldson because they knew he was going to get paid. As a counterpoint look how well the Dickey trade turned out for the Mets.
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Discontented suburbanite since 1994
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