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Originally Posted by rpriske
I don't agree with this at all. Generally when a team decides they want to trade a player, and it is well known, that will drive the player's trade value down.
Not very time, but generally. You lose the leverage of just saying, "no thanks. we'll just keep him."
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Teams aren't obligated to trade someone just because they entertain offers on him.
The thing is, in real life, no team is calling up Washington to make a pitch for Stephen Strasburg. They'd have no reason to think Washington would even pick up the phone, so they'd usually think that it would be a waste of time. But if, say, RA Dickey wins a Cy Young, and the Mets then let it be known they'll take phone calls on him, they'll get offered two monster prospects for him. When the Marlins dangle Giancarlo Stanton and don't get blown away by an offer, they can just hang on to the guy.
But that's what the trade block is in real life: players a team will listen on. It's not just a bunch of .190 hitters with $25m contracts.