Mark Grote

You want him to have value because you placed value on him as well.

You traded away Cam Smith, so that was your other massive name.

So you're stuck.

And when he said that, I'm like, Willie Castro is not the comp.

That's not what I'm saying.

It's extreme.

But...

You don't want him to turn into, is the development balance with the utility concept enough to get the best use out of the talent you have?

Or is it enough to even if the scenario is trade, are you developing him enough to get a sufficient or acceptable trade value knowing how many years you have with your top prospect?

Well, in addition to that, wasn't the conversation originally about Nico Horner?

And they're like, while we have you on the phone, can we discuss this as well?

He's already played it in spring training.

Well, and also the clock that started, you know, that's not as much of an issue now with the new CBA, but it did start when they decided to bring him up.

It wasn't a Chris Bryant situation when they were waiting for the arbitrary deadline.

You know, that's that's different.

But now that he's up, I don't think sending him back down is the best idea either.

But I agree with these guys.

You know, I agree with the concept that David brought up and that Bruce was talking about.

That doesn't mean that your development comes at the price of a team who is clearly out to, as Tom Ricketts said, win World Series.

But I don't know that relegating him to utility is the best use of everybody's time either.