Maybe the front office would consider upping the budget for the right guy...maybe Pujols is that guy. But they might be leary of adding expensive veterans after their experiences with Bavasi and even with Zduriencik (Guti, Figgins, Bradley...). If the payroll stays at current levels, we don't have TONS of money to throw at Pujols. 26 mil or so comes off the books this offseason, but you've got Gutierrez making more next year, arb3 League making more now that he's a closer, Felix going from 10 mil to 19 mil...the good news is that our rotation other than Felix is cheap if you pass on Bedard (but if you don't...he'll cost more than he does this year)...the bad news is that we have a lot of work to do fixing the offense and I don't see how you justify spending every ounce of capital you've got to acquire a guy who plays the same position as your cheap club controlled superstar.