GDT 4/5/18 Miami Marlins (Smith, Ca) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Pivetta)

[tom81]

Williams has to learn to think, he's behind Hoskins, Herrera and Altherr, Kingery is probably more talented (and with a little experience, will probably be a better fielding OF, he was an OF in college), and Santana isn't going anywhere.

If Williams makes himself a distraction they could easily send him down to AAA and bring up Quinn as the extra OF. Quinn might actually be better suited to the role of 4/5th OF. He gives you better defense and a world class base stealer.

[Austinfan]

It's important for a kid to be traded for as much as possible.
If they don't give up much for you, your new team might write you off quickly if you struggle.

But if they give up a real asset to obtain you, they'll be patient even if only to avoid embarrassment, and more likely because they won't consider a SSS confirmation that they made a bad decision.

So Williams should keep his nose to the grindstone, say the right cliches, let everyone know he's putting in the extra effort, and have other teams think he's a good guy in a bad situation - that not only helps the Phillies, it helps Williams if he is traded.