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As you said, we kept everybody down on the farm this offseason (so far; things could always change).
Our two swaps were of Vargas (last year, getting expensive to be a BOR starter) and Jaso (still on a good contract, but a lefty platoon bat at DH/C who's light on power).
Franklin and Paxton, both I whom I think the world of, are still here. Since I think Franklin is Stephen Drew and Paxton is Clayton Kershaw, I would obviously trade Franklin first. But we still have the option of deploying them for us. Walker's still here, Pryor...
All the kids who could make this thing explode remain on the club. There's something to be said for that. At some point you'd think we'll have to trade one of the Big Three, as well as one of Ackley/Franklin/Miller. But that trade should net us quite a bit. If it's not gonna get us the right guy this offseason, then don't do it.
Trade the players you can live without, instead.
I just wish it was Morse for 3 years, so that we were fixing a problem with more permanence, instead of a one-year patch job. I don't want Morse for 4 more after this one, though - the contract deal will be a dicey thing.
*shrugs* We'll see how it plays out. We look better offensively, with the chance to get MUCH better. We just added a career OPS+ of 126 and one of 121 to a team that posted a 90 OPS+ combined last year, and still have ALL of our TOR phenoms and hitting blue-chippers intact.
Be happy. :-)
~G