I agree. I doubt any rookie level guy or below will be traded any time soon, the guys at the top are expendable though.
Especially if we consider that Dainer was better than Betancourt in Cuba at every level. Yes he is 31 now, but I'll bet Dainer did not coast through his late 20's enjoying the high life... and if Dipoto wants to get his money's worth... a path has to be created.
I mean, if Dipoto wants to break Moe's heart and trade Tyler Smith... we still have O'Malley and Logan Taylor who are basically from the same mold.
I tried to show in this post that the M's have several different types of middle infielders at multiple levels.
You like the way Marte plays... yeah we have a couple of those on the farm.
You like a bigger / stronger guy that can still play up the middle... yeah we have a couple of those too.
You just want filthy defense, like the Angels did in getting Simmons... well we got one or two that may be close to that.
Over Achievers, solid all around players, guys with cannons... yeah we got that.