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The good word: "Get the best offer out there early and reel in the player who accepts it!"
Gospel stuff, or should be.
This has been Un-Mariner strategy. But Cano may have changed that.
Make your swap or sign your dude early, then fill the resulting holes, as needed, with a stars and scrubs strategy.
I'm not trading Kivlehan and Deej. After that, everybody in MiLB is fair play if I'm getting the guy I really want in swap.
But I'm doing it tomorrow, or effectively tomorrow in baseball terms. If you get your Bautista* early, that makes it easier to get the next guy who wants to win now.
*Simply an example, but a good one.