One key rule in the legal profession that took me a while to learn is that sometimes the best case is the one you don’t take.
Based on news yesterday, it seems like that holds up true for major league general managers, too: sometimes the best move is the one you don’t make.
To catch you up, in case you don’t know what the hell I’m talking about, during a podcast with several former Royals, including Eric Hosmer, ex-Royals general manager and president of baseball operations Dayton Moore revealed that in 2013 he received a phone call from then-Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow with as straightforward of a trade offer as it gets - second baseman Jose Altuve for first baseman Eric Hosmer.