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Gettable is one thing, but the price of acquiring a player is not determined by whether the player is block, but on how much another team wants him.
The Twins wouldn't just give away Wilson Ramos because he's blocked by Joe Mauer. They will wait until someone offers something really nice in exchange. The same goes for Smith and Gordon--the Rockies and Royals know they have valuable chips, even if they don't want them on their team.
Smith could probably be had straight up for Pineda, but I would rather acquire Branyan at a much cheaper cost.
As for Kila, he'd come cheapest and may turn out to be something, but we have to ask ourselves why no other team has acquired him if he is so available. The M's aren't the only team who would like a youngish 1B/DH with control years--either the Royals know he is valuable and are unwilling to trade him, or other teams don't think of him very highly and haven't offered much for him.