Or we make a trade for a star. Vargas + Seager + Walker should get you 80% of the way to anything you want. You use Walker instead of Paxton because he is the one who was ranked as our #4 prospect BEFORE dismantling the MWL as a teen this year.
They're not my "rules of engagement" I'm just telling you what I'd expect. :) Franklin's struggling a bit to start the year, especially against lefties, and Liddi's value isn't as high as it should be, seeing as he's 22 in AAA doing basically what Mike Moustakas did before his callup, same position and age this year. Walker's value is highest for low-minors trading, and then you'll want a piece or two from the high minors as well as a #4 starter now. Seager is holding his value very well.
IF we make a deadline trade (or off-season trade) for a thumper of some sort, that's the kind of package I'd expect to go out, with potentially another piece in a relief arm or whatnot. If we move Bedard instead (or Vargas/Fister I guess), then there are some interesting hitting options on the table from places like Cincy, Cleveland, the Yanks and the Bo Sox (though the Sox emptied a lot of what I'd like to get A-Gone).
I hope to add more long-term offense at the deadline either way.
~G