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For my money, there's no need to mortgage anything this year. There's also no reason to give up on it, given the opportunity afforded by the AL Worst thus far.
With any luck, this rotation can run several years together, even if Bedard breaks down. The rest of them are young and potentially improving, even. So I don't feel compelled to trade away Cabrera and Choo again, even if we were to do better in return than Perez and Broussard (shudder). I'm happy watching Smoak mature, and see whether a Peguero/Wilson platoon can produce. I think Ryan is on the road to being a solid fixture at short. I would keep JWilson, too – I have a 100% better feeling about him than I did last year, and he provides good insurance if Ryan goes down. I want to see Gutz work his way back and Ichiro put on his summer surge.
What I can't stomach anymore is Chone Figgins. He makes me miss watching Beltre flail at low-and-away sliders. I understand that it would take some major sweetener to package with him in order to move him, but I'm at the point where I'd send him to the Yankees for Silva.
Since that won't happen, I'd bench his butt in favor of Kennedy and go looking for other third base insurance and a bench bat that could press Cust for at least part of the DH role.
Figgins is a sunk cost, just as Bradley is/was. I need a change of scenery at third, and it needs to be able to swing a bat. What's Troy Glaus up to these days?