Royals and Tampa trade

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We all remember the trade and many ripped the Royals, they gave up the #1 prospect in baseball, Ordonzzi who was rated highly, and Mike Montgomery who was a highly rated pitcher, for Shields and Davis. Now it is still early in the young players and Myers showed a ton of potential last year as injuries wrecked this year, but is it fair to say the Royals won the trade?

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If they win the World Series, I guess you can say they "won" the trade. Since that was primarily why they did the trade. However, it would be a bit too early to say the Rays lost the trade. Myers was the rookie of the year last year and isn't a free agent until after the 2019 season. Odorizzi pitched well in stretches this year and also doesnt hit free agency until 2019. Patrick Leonard hit well in A+ this year and he's only 21. Montgomery has been a little disappointing, but he's still only 24.

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Shields and Davis were both backbones for this club as Shields was their ace and Davis a strong reliable member of the bullpen, would the Royals be here had they kept the young players?

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Probably not. Myers (w/o injuries) and odorizzi would've contributed, but wade Davis has been insane.

That's a good way of putting it for this trade. The royals pretty much had to get to this point for it to work out for them IMO, assuming shields is pitching for someone else next year.

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I hate the whole "who won the trade" way of looking at it. Both teams will likely benifit from it.

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This. I still think Myers will end up being a very solid player for Tampa. Odorizzi was okay this year and is still young. I think it fit the needs of both franchises