Here's what you do:
- Ask Gary Sheffield to play LF (he's not that bad defensively and perhaps he won't break down?)
- Sign Bonds to an incentive-laden deal that costs you $9m for the season at 450 plate appearances
- Sign Luis Gonzalez for one year - $3.5m
- Sign Eric Gagne for two years - $10m
- Sign Jones for one year - $1.05
- Sign Rogers for one year - $2.05
Now, for $17.5m additional payroll next year, you're ready to go dealing. Sure, these guys are old, but you'd have enough of them in case one or two can't hack an entire season. Next:
- Deal Miller, Maybin and Inge for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis. You'll have to offer to pay 1/2 of Inge's contract (costing you ~$20m) and you'll have to pay arbitration $$ for Cabrera (costing you ~$30m over next two years)
So, here's how you'd look in April:
SP: Verlander, Bonderman, Willis, Rogers and Robertson
RP: Jones, Gagne, Rodney, Grilli, Seay, de la Cruz, and some other arm
C - Pudge
1B - Guillen
2B - Polanco
SS - Renteria
3B - Cabrera
LF - Sheff
CF - Granderson
RF - Maggs
DH - Bonds
Bench - Gonzalez, Raburn, Wilson
What do you think?
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