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I honestly think Franklin is trade bait. Peralta's actually a good defensive shortstop these days, though, at least according to defensive metrics. Ryan and whatever offseason utility infielder we bring in for next year (no reason to give your stud middle infielder infrequent playing time) will hold the fort until Miller, is my guess.
By the way, as utility IFs go... I did some poking around and Dave's got it pretty much right with the Sean Rodriguez idea, though I don't like dumping Carp. Keeping in mind that the guy needs to play SS, the only three attractive established utility infielders I found were Sean Rodriguez (Rays arb-eligible), Maicer Izturis (free agent) and Mike Aviles (just traded from Red Sox to Blue Jays). Aviles would be the preference, but the Jays clearly wanted him back in return from the Sox and their holes don't match up real well with our strengths. You know, we don't have any decent high-minors outfield prospects, and all the offseason plans I've seen suggest getting a guy for one year for a corner outfield spot... the Rays need a CF and a semi-interesting 1B/3B... perhaps Gutierrez and Liddi for Sean Rodriguez, Brandon Guyer and a low-minors prospect like Goetzman?