I wouldn’t give Portis more than a mid level exception if I was a team.
Dunn regressed on defense and the worst thing about him is he’s a pg that doesn’t appear to make anyone else around him better. And he is old.
So Jefferson Mendoza was our main 2017 J2 signing. He is repeating DSL which isn’t a great sign but was supposedly an advanced game caller at 16 with a good defensive reputation.
he was 4-5 with two doubles and two homers yesterday, and you just rarely see homers in DSL. He’s hitting .452 now.
seriously, I too like Mendick, but we are freaking out about the callup for an injured player for a few weeks and taking the best offensive player in AAA we don't care about that much.
also danny duffy could be a cheap option. Royals may want to get out of the money, he's not that great, but would be a nice backend depth piece and I'd imagine would not cost a lot of prospect stock.
I don't really care what the denominations are so long as they got the guys they wanted. It pissed me off when it was Walker/Sheets going over slot for some reason when it could have affected getting good young prep talent, but they got good young prep talent in this case and we just have to trust their scouts and pd regardless (trust = cross fingers and hope)