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It's hard to see a Wil Myers trade scenario that makes sense. If you're the Royals, Myers is your shiny new toy that looks like a franchise cornerstone, so you have to be overwhelmed to make that move. But for the other team in the deal, it seems like there has to be a limit to what you give up to get the player. Regardless of how good he MIGHT be, there's still that uncertainty around how good he WILL be. What if, for instance, he only turns out to be a pretty good ballplayer, and not a great one? Or what if injuries strike and he turns into Grady Sizemore? In both of those scenarios, you can't really say anybody screwed up on the evaluation, but was it worth giving up your own shiny new toys to get him?
I don't really worry that Wil Myers will be a complete bust. I worry that there's so much buzz around him that we'd be buying not just high, but skyscraper high. It's a scenario where, even if the guy turns into a pretty good player, we're almost certain to be disappointed and feel like we gave up too much,