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I can't help but shake my head at a lot of what has been said in this thread. For one, both Nady and Marte need to stay put. Nady has been good since coming over, he's got a decent contract, and i think he fits well with this team. A lefty duo of Coke and Marte in the pen is extraordinary, assuming Marte can adjust better in a full season. Either way, it's way too early to give up on him, $6 million or not.

I absolutely agree with every point made by Jacko on the bullpen. Our real priority, as we all know has to be starting pitching. I'm not big on Burnett, but I wouldn't be overly opposed to him coming aboard. C.C. would be nice, although historically I have never been a big C.C. fan and always kinda considered him overrated, but based on what he did this year and down the stretch, albeit in the NL Central, definitely can't be overlooked. I still don't think he would want to come here though. He likes hitting and the west coast. We'll see though, we all know money talks.

Giambi would definitely be welcomed back by me, only if he is willing to take a significant paycut. Time to see if he'll put his money where his mouth is and stand by his self-proclaimed Yankee love affair, or if he bolts elsewhere for more money. I say $5 mil should be our absolute max on Giambi, if he wants more then sayonara, give us those picks. I'm up in the air about Abreu, he's been terrific since coming over, but the numbers game comes into play big. When you have Damon, Matsui, Gardner, Melky, Nady and Abreu a lot of tough decisions have to be made. If Nady were more willing to spend some increased time at first that would be helpful. I'm not talking all the time or anything, but once in a while here and there. I think he only appeared in 1 or 2 games at first for us this year. If not, remember that both Damon and Matsui have stated they would be willing to do some work around the bag in camp. As for Cano, I would be very disappointed if he's traded. I think it would be a HUGE mistake. The only way I would even slightly consider moving Cano is if Matt Kemp were coming back our way, but that would only complicate things further with our excess of outfielders.

I think our bench will be pretty solid again, I dont know if too many additions need to be made as long as we have that outfield excess and the versatility of Ransom and Betemit in the infield. Jose Molina, AKA the best backup catcher in baseball will hold it down behind the plate backing up Jorge. If the numbers allowed for it I wouldn't be absolutely opposed to holding onto Pudge and letting them all share time, if he wanted to that is. But that's a near impossibility, and he's certain to go. I know he was bordering on Type b status last time I checked, so hopefully he still qualifies and we can get a pick for him.

We have tons of insurance arms in the minors, which proved helpful this year, so i think in that regard we're good. Honestly, I dont think much needs to be changed this offseason for us to be right back where we belong next season. But the offseason is long and unpredictable, so we'll see what happens.