Location is hardly irrelevant, if it was, why would these players all have full no trade clauses while many other have limited ones? http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/05/players-with-full-notrade-clauses.html (Its an old list but still proves a point) Once players hit free agency they want to control where they play. If Miami is refusing to hand out no trade clauses while pulling moves like this, players are going to be very hesitant to sign there.