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"Buying cheap" on 3 years of Han-Ram is still 4-5 of your best prospects.
I don't trade $15 mil + Paxton + Seager + Trayvon + Pryor (for example, and that would be low) to get Ramirez when I can just spend 22 million to add twice the production at the plate in Fielder.
Not when I already HAVE a SS in AAA who can hit .250/.330/.400 with an iffy glove for a lot cheaper...and he's a great clubhouse personality.
That extra 7 million a year might mean something to the bean counters if it was just Ramirez vs. Fielder in a vacuum, but not if Paxton and Seager and Pryor are saving us millions on FAs. The guys we have to trade to get him matter too.
It's a whole-picture thing.
~G