JTech, where is the information that a full year of Vlad will only yield a teams' low ranked prospect? Soto was always going to the highest bidder so there was no sign and trade opportunity there from the sounds of it. Kikuchi received back a decent haul and he was a free agent with only a few months left. The chance to sign an impact player like Vlad, and have a legit chance (Bos, LA, Atl, SF), would widely appeal to those teams I'd think, so much so that they've give up their better prospects for a full season of him.
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