...the second player coming (other than Branyan) is probably going to be a Wilkerson-class gamble as opposed to a big name (I'm thinking of guys like Jim Thome, Vlad Guerrero and Carlos Delgado who likely won't cost a huge amount due to injury concerns and/or age and recent ineffectiveness). So, I think you're looking at a line-up something like:
RF) Ichiro!
3B) Figgins
DH) Vlad or Thome or Delgado
CF) Gutierrez
1B) Branyan
2B) Lopez
C) Moore/Johnson
SS) Wilson
LF) Saunders/Hall
I put Guti 4th to split up the lefties and to give Guti some world-class line-up protection...it was either him or Lopez and I put him 4th because he has some OBP skill whereas Lopez does not).
Call me crazy but I think that line-up can work when paired with a rotation of:
King Felix
Harden/Morrow
RRS/Bedard
Snell
Fister
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