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Would an Ack:Erasmo:Maurer:Pike/Sanchez/Diaz package get it done? I wouldn't imagine so, but I also wouldn't be comfortable including more.
Maybe Ackley has greater value to a team in need of a 2B. Z swings one of these crazy three-team trades and usually comes out with the best player in the deal.
A nice article exploring Price's potential trade cost:http://mlb.si.com/2013/02/15/david-price-rays-clayton-kershaw-justin-ver...
If the M's could extend Price past his arb years I wouldn't have as big a problem including Paxton in the deal. The M's can afford what in effect becomes the Price (heh!) of guaranteeing a 90th percentile outcome of Paxton. That's a page torn out of the Yankees' play book!
A Price acquisition would fit with the org's clear desire to avoid handing out lengthy contracts, too. Z probably by now has a very clear understanding of what ownership is willing to committ, contract-wise. So it would not surprise me at all if our big splash over the winter comes as a result of swapping resources.
Shields got Wil Myers. I would expect Price fetches more. But what a fun rotation that would be!