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...if we want to keep Walker badly enough, why not overpay in other prospects? Even if they are relatively undervalued because of our depth?
Let's say Z is still calling the shots, and is unwilling to trade Kyle, Nick, Brad, Mike, and Dustin. Boy, is that a boy band or a country club roster? Either way, call it an infield (with Smoak) and a CF, and lets further conclude Saunders is stuck/wanted here. Do we *have* to trade Walker, or even Hultzen/Erasmo, to get Stanton?
I see a list in my head of names like Montero, Paxton, Capps, Morban, Carraway, Romero, Maurer, Pryor, Choi, etc etc... generally blue chippers rather than second-rate options, because we are just that deep. How big is X, where the offer is "Pick X players from this list," and Florida says yes? How big does it have to be for our offer to trump everyone else's, saving perhaps that our headliners aren't Walker/Profar/whomever? At some point, doesn't depth of A-minus and B-plus options outweigh fewer A and A-plus players?
Or am I totally overestimating these guys' value?