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Why trade Vargas for Ortiz (overpriced $14.6M) when you could have had Carlos Pena for the cost of signing him ($7.25M one year deal)? Granted, I don't care how much these guys cost when the M's are pinching pennies. We also could have bought low on Adam Dunn when his stock was down after last season. I don't mind moving players to make room for the stud kid pitchers in AA ball, but at least maximize value. Now if we sent Vargas plus dead weight (Figgins, Olivo), I'm all in.