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What I've been wondering about:
Raul is due $11.5M from the Phillies for this coming year only.  Maybe they'd eat $3-4-5M of it?
Looks like he had 5.4 RC/27 in a down-ish year.  Actually looks like he just went back to being the solid player he was in his late-20s, early-30s -- before he suddenly became an all-star at 34.  No drop off in walks or doubles, only dipping back to the teens in HR.
I'm thinking mostly DH, with only the one-year commitment, and you probably give the Phillies a prospect (someone who's an unlikely Safeco hitter -- Johermyn Chavez?) to get them to eat the salary.
Upon further review: maybe they're less likely to dump Raul now that it seems unlikely that they'll re-sign Jayson Werth.  But it seems that his best Philly days are behind him and they might want to move on.  We know Raul can hit in Safeco -- and I don't really think it would be Griffey II.
You need to surround these kids with somebody who can hit a little.
No one has mentioned it, so I'm just wondering . . .
How much salary would the Phillies need to eat before it becomes interesting?