Royals/Pirates trade

[Pirates GM (Steve)]

KC Royals send : Jason Martin (Rnd 23, pick 669), 43rd round pick (#1269), 44th round pick (#1312), 45th round pick (#1329)

PIT sends : 25th round pick (#747), 26th round pick (#754), 27th round pick (#807)

Reason : I should have taken Jason Martin a few rounds ago since he was in my top 200 and statistically he's got a similar profile to Brett Phillips. I feel like moving down with these picks could be seen as overpayment but I have confidence that the quality of guys I get in the 43-45th round will be close to who I'd pick in 25-27th. This deal is a lot of the same reasoning as my earlier Luis Ortiz deal - I missed out on a guy I had double triple starred and I need to scramble to fix it.

[Royals GM (Ryan)]

Royals accept. While I like Martin and thought about taking him 5 rounds earlier, I think the comp to B Phillips is a little much. He has a nice profile, but is a much liter version of Phillips with only limited power and speed. I do like him, but these comp picks will get me just as good of stuff

[A's GM (Justin - Commissioner)]

Processed.