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If you knew Saunders was going to be a star then you absolutely invest in him. The problem is its never that clear cut. You could end up investing 1000 Abs only to find out that Saunders is actually Ryan Langerhans.
My major beef with Saunders in the past wasn't his promise as a prospect, but more the presence of Dustin Ackley. With the likelihood of Saunders struggling with the bat in '10 being very high, you would have created another Wlad situation where you've killed your prospects trade value and now the next guy is ready to take over (Ackley).
With Ackley being moved to 2B possibly now, I like the idea of investing in Saunders' more noe. He will produce even when he isn't hitting thanks to his superb glove. Worse case scenario you have Ryan Langerhans 2.0, best case scenario you have Curtis Granderson 2.0.
With the Cliff Lee trade though, Z obviously wants to win NOW, and an upgrade over Saunders in the short-term could be pretty important. Ideally I would not want to see Z sell low on Saunders and instead keep him in AAA for the rest of the year and trade for LF with the potential to produce like an impact player in '10. Seth Smith? :-)