I've advocated Prince Fielder simply because I believe he'll be a top-flight hitter for the next half-dozen years, which means that even if we're not great NEXT year he'll be contributing mightily for half a decade after that.
And I don't want 8 million in Miguel Batista and 12 million in Milton Bradley, y'know? We have the money to spend, so how we spend it is important.
If you can get John Olerud and Ichiro sized contributions instead of one Fielder, okay. It all depends on how we choose to spend it. Maybe Sizemore is cheap, happy to come home, and kills it in CF where we desperately need a lift. I'm not opposed to bargains.
But if we're gonna pay full price, I'd rather pay for a 1-position monster. The point of stars & scrubs is to swap out cheap pieces that aren't working while locking down pieces that are. If Seager doesn't work at 3B we have Liddi, Franklin, Miller and F-Mart aimed there, and maybe Catricala if things work out glove-wise. SS? A couple of options? CF? Guti, Wells, Trayvon.
We've built up options - we still need production. But I absolutely understand wanting to know which guys are gonna work out before you place bets on expensive pieces. We can add several smaller pieces on shorter contracts, and in fact I fully expect to.
I just hope they're valuable contributors and not just blocking off several cheaper players who can make the same contributions.
~G
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