In general, guys taken during the minor league portion of the rule 5 draft have almost no real value to an organization for them to trade them. That’s because they are guys who have been around long enough who weren’t good enough to be protected on the 40 man and still weren’t good enough to be protected on the 38-man AAA roster. Those guys are just really not prospects at all. That’s certainly a little different than guys taken in the major league portion because those guys definitely are prospects and could have been traded for something, although most don’t have a whole lot of value yet. For instance, what do you suppose Bedell’s true value is? I’d guess maybe $500,000 in a hypothetical trade. Is that enough to have tried to trade him away? Or do you just take your chances? I think it depends on how good of a chance you think there is that guy is getting taken. Plus, if he were taken, we’d have been paid $100,000 and had a chance to get him back for $50,000. I think the Cards made the smart deal with Bedell by just risking it. But I can’t really speak for the Yankees and their 3 guys they lost.