"You have a pitcher that wasn't good for you, costs quite a bit of money and you don't really have a use for anymore. We'll take him, since we need some depth but we're going to need you to include a prospect to offset some of the risk/salary we're taking."
"We really, really, really like Brandon Lockridge and are willing to give up our top signing from the international signing period a year ago to get him."
Which one of those sounds more likely?
Honestly, just look at the Shelby Miller trade. We took Montgomery so we didn't have to give anything up for Miller and honestly, we probably don't do the Miller trade if we didn't clear Cortes's salary as well.