Myers is the flavor of the month? He's been the prize of KC's system for a while now. If you go look up a prospect list I bet money there's not a single one out there that has Franklin above Myers. Or Paxton above Odorizzi, for that matter (Odorizzi is regarded as a much better bet to figure it out in MLB). That's not East Coast bias, since KC is hardly a big market. Myers was the MiLB player of the year; he is a veritable super-prospect and I actually have yet to see a preseason prospect list on which he's not MLB top 10. Conversely, I have yet to see a preseason prospect list on which Franklin IS top 25 or on which Paxton IS top 50. Myers slugged .600 in AAA. Yes, he's "just" a prospect, but he is one heckuva prospect. I bet if you walked into an unbiased forum somewhere and offered Paxton AND Franklin for ONLY Myers you'd get a fair number of refusals. In most non-Mariners-blog settings I don't think Paxton&Franklin vs Myers&Odorizzi is even a real debate.