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Originally Posted by BIG17EASY
Because sometimes your prospect(s) is/are your trading chip. Just because you don't have plans for a guy doesn't mean he's not a prospect. See the Yankees continued shopping of Jesus Montero (or any other prospect they've had) before finally sending him to Seattle.
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But if I have a team shopping them to me their bargaining power is down.
Shopping a player is different than offering a player back for someone you are shopping.
I'm not going to just come out right away if you offer me Player A for one of my prospects. I'm going to begin with lower based players and that could be someone on my 40 man roster so A.) I can open up more space on my 40 man and B.) maybe gain some more financial abilities.