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Results are not in yet, but what about the possibility of M's swooping in on Darvish, then turning around and doing a Pineda/Votto deal?
Just noodling out loud...
That could be holding up the Fielder issue. A signing like that would put some downward pressure on the Fielder market.
Personally I like the other dream scenario of just expanding the budget and signing both. Then deal from your prospects.
We'll see.
This was about the time Beltre (a Boras client) signed with the M's in '05 ('04?).