Right on G! Right on!
I hope we all can admit that the M's are dealing with a pretty set financial deck. They have a few million, perhaps.
But that doesn't mean they don't have options.
I'm advocating that they don't touch a 1B-2B combo that should man the right side of the infield for the next 10 years....well, beginning May 1, perhaps (depending on how quickly Ackley is with the team). And i would prefer that they don't move Pineda. It is true that pitchers sometimes bust....but this one just might catch fire. He might be real real good. I think keeping a guy who might be real real good is better than trading him for a guy who is just plain good.
All that said, they still have some chips. Aardsma or League, Guti or Saunders (one of each pair, but not both) and, of course, Figgins. Some minor league guys, too. (although I think Franklin is untouchable for now)
What, for example, is Guti worth to the Red Sox? A lot, huh. You think they wouldn't drop Cameron and Ellsbury in a second to get Guti? By the way.....suppose you offered Guti AND Lopez. Could you get Ellsbury AND SS Jed Lowrie and another piece, a prospect arm, perhaps? Huh? Huh? I would do that, were I the M's as long as the arm had a real shot. I know I would.(even though I would prefer we trade Figgins and keep Lopez at 3rd)
I bet the Sox would do it, too.
Ellsbury and Lowrie both show pop (Ellsbury is a 40+ extra-base guy, healthy), you move Saunders to center AND you get a real upside SS.
Tradeabation,of course.
Aardsma is overvalued, probably, which makes him delicious bait. Or trade League, because a team thinks they are getting the next best thing.
Figgins still has some value.....if the M's eat some contract. i would do that, I think.
And a year from now the M's free up $12M (I think that is it) when Bradley disappears. Trade a few expendable assets now....and then have some cash in 12 months.
Z can do some things. Something will happen. When it does, we will know much about Z's dharma, the baseball duty or law that he lives by.
moe
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