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		<title>PTBNL is the key to the Myers deal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m stating the obvious really. Brett Myers, and paying such a large portion of his salary, has to bring you back more than two non-prospects, right? I think it should and seeing what Jeff Luhnow turned so may spare parts into over the last six months, I&#8217;m willing to bet on it. Actually, Ed Wade made me [...]</p><p><a href="http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/07/23/ptbnl-is-the-key-to-the-myers-deal/">PTBNL is the key to the Myers deal</a> - <a href="http://climbingtalshill.com">Climbing Tal&#039;s Hill</a> - <a href="http://climbingtalshill.com">Climbing Tal&#039;s Hill - A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m stating the obvious really. <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/myersbr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Brett Myers</a>,</strong> and paying such a large portion of his salary, has to bring you back more than two non-prospects, right? I think it should and seeing what Jeff Luhnow turned so may spare parts into over the last six months, I&#8217;m willing to bet on it. Actually, Ed Wade made me begin to look at &#8220;Players to be named later&#8221; as something valuable rather than just a thrown in. Considering the value I believe Brett possessed, I think we might be in for another surprise shortly.</p>
<div id="attachment_4235" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/141/files/2012/07/6369366.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4235" title="MLB: Milwuakee Brewers at Houston Astros" src="http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/141/files/2012/07/6369366-300x214.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="214" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Brett Myers: Troy Taormina-US PRESSWIRE</p></div>
<p>Brett Myers wasn&#8217;t perfect over his tenure in Houston and he certainly wasn&#8217;t going to be confused with Dennis Eckersley but his overall 2012 season has been a success. Removing a nightmarish outing vs the Royals and Brett Myers&#8217; stats would look oh so much nicer. He has been much more hittable over the past month but his overall value is unquestioned. I honestly assumed he could fetch one pretty good prospect, similar to the <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/player_search.cgi?results=leeca01,lee---003car&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">Carlos Lee</a></strong> deal, so the PTBNL is my last chance to be proven right. I like to be right and I&#8217;m pretty confident that this will be the case again, consider the below quote from Zachery Levine as evidence. Saying all this doesn&#8217;t mean I don&#8217;t think Jeff Luhnow has seen something in the other two young pitchers that most of us wouldn&#8217;t see but it would be very easy to say, &#8220;is that it?&#8221;</p>
<p>So who could the White Sox send over as the mysterious PTBNL? Who really knows because unlike the Royals trade this Spring Training or even the Blue Jays deal on Friday, a 2011 draft pick doesn&#8217;t seem to fit the mold. Someone on the DL or maybe even a situation like last season when <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;id=santan002dom" target="_blank">Domingo Santana</a></strong> was chosen from a list of players sound like the best bet. This one is very hard to tell but I&#8217;m pretty confident Jeff Luhnow is about to pull his next rabbit out of his black hat. After all, he did just trade <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/happja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker" target="_blank">J.A. Happ</a></strong> and Carlos Lee within a month, that is saying something.</p>
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