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And I don't think there's a second baseman out there who can fully replace Lopez' bat...so that's making a hole to fill a hole.  Not sure I like that idea.
I would agree that the correct play is to go over budget a few mil and get Bay...not Branyan...but that's if Howie and Chuckie let it happen.  I don't want Griffey to be my 60% starting DH again...that didn't work out so well last year and he's a year older.  You've got to get a decent left fielder in here to force Parker Brothers to the DH role more of the time.  We have a first baseman...he's not sexy, but he's not likely to be a complete flop...and if he is...hey, we've got the college hotshot Poythress in AA, we've got a few other interesting bats in AAA that could handle first for a while like LaHair...and we've got Matt Tui who could push Lopez to first.  There's more stoploss protection at first than there is in left where we have a hope and a prayer than Langerhans and Saunders might OPS .750 if things break just right.