Posted by tecwrg on 11/18/2013 6:36:00 PM (view original):
If he has less value, they'll be more likely to be willing to settle for less in return.
As burnsy (I think) pointed out earlier, they would have less leverage in dealing him because other teams will realize that there is more motivation to make a deal when somebody on the bench is being blocked.
Do you really not understand this, or are you just pretending to be this dumb?
If he has less value...
But I don't think he has less value.
Why would you have less leverage? You aren't being forced to trade him. You can just send the back up out to play first if you insist on playing him. Otherwise, you just have a really good backup in case your starter gets his ankle demolished.
Of course the best use of assets is to probably trade him, but it's only a good use of assets if you get full value for him. Settling for less implies that he is worth more (has more value) than what you received in return.
And again, I think we're conflating on field production value with trade value. Which is partly my fault for bringing it up in the first place. Posey's value on the field (the runs he produces at the plate and the runs he saves on defense) is the same regardless of the players around him. MVP is based on production value, not trade value.