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Would Orioles Be Interested in Ben Zobrist? Nationals Apparently Are!

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Not to get off track but it is a sellers market to say the least. A lot can and will happen between now and late July but there are hardly any teams out of it and some that are don't have much in the way of trade value. That Phillies roster minus Hamels is brutal. Reddick would be a nice fit along with Zobrist but Beane will ask for a fortune.

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Not what I proposed. I suggested either of them AND a top lower level prospect.

Either of them and a Top "low" prospect is just as ridiculous. Whatever a top lower prospect is supposed to mean. You want to throw out a name? As you've already been told the comparison is more like a Bundy/Harvey if it's a top 100 prospect in play.

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Actually he is only a 3 1/2 month rental!

Remember that the As get a compensation pick just for offering Zobrist a qualifying offer. Anything you offer in a trade for Zobrist is going to have to exceed the value of a pick in the 25-40 range.

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Either of them and a Top "low" prospect is just as ridiculous. Whatever a top lower prospect is supposed to mean. You want to throw out a name? As you've already been told the comparison is more like a Bundy/Harvey if it's a top 100 prospect in play.

Beanes value system is strange so it's hard to assume what he'd want. Could be Zach Davies and Jomar Reyes for all we know.

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I am not so sure as you are that there will be plenty of teams after him. Again he is a one year rental. But of course I could be wrong. Guess we shall see won't we?

That's exactly why there will be a demand. Already reports that Yankees are interested as well.

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