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Yep.  If Ramon Santiago is coming in just because I feel like moving Guillen for NO REASON in order to sign Rich Aurilia and make sure I don't hurt anybody's feelings (other than Guillen's) then I'm a fool.  Guillen was worth more than we got for him even before his breakout seasons.
Lopez is not terrible.  He's not a black hole of production.  And while I had him at a Belliard low projection and a Tejada high one, he's nicely in the middle right now, cheap, and capable.  if we can trade him for something of WORTH, then fine.  Trading him to trade him is silly.  I'm not enamored of Hudson, especially since he'll be making at least twice what Lopez is, but neither am I tied inextricably to Jose.
I just don't want to suffer through another trade of a kid putting it together for pieces that make no sense in return.  Not since I'm stuck watching Choo (146 and 128 OPS+ the last two eyars) and Cabrera (107 OPS+ at 23 as a middle infielder) and Soriano (140 ERA+ and 27 saves) and the rest doing just fine and rubbing plenty of salt in my Guillen-started wound.
I've had enough of those sorts of trades.  If Lopez goes, then we'd better get more than an old dish towel for him, or he needs to stay right here.  Don't trade him just to clear roster space.  Especially not for Hudson alone.  I'm right with Matt on that one.
~G