Jeff Passan

Hammond has been...

Excellent with the bat, very questionable in the field.

So where he winds up long-term, it will be interesting to see.

He was a good two-way player in high school and had a huge arm.

And so I would not be entirely – listen, you don't want to move a guy off the dirt if you don't have to.

I would not be entirely surprised if Josh Hammond wound up in right field.

He's got a right fielder's arm.

He's got the speed to play the position.

And the glove might just not be what it needs to be on the infield.

No, I don't think.

I think that's sort of the point.

The Royals farm system right now, I don't think is good enough to be dangling guys at this point.

And a lot of them also are younger guys.

And so I think the teams that ultimately are going to be sellers understand that there are going to be so many teams that want to buy at the deadline because the standings are as flat as they are, Saren, that...

Yeah, for a reliever, you would ask for a Josh Hammond, and you would get laughed at.

But that's what the price is at this point.

I suppose the argument can be made that if it doesn't work out and the team isn't what it thinks it is, then you can just go and flip the guy again at the deadline.

Right.

That's not out of the realm of possibility.

Let me ask you that.