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For the most part I only see them when they play the DBacks or if I have nothing else to do on a Saturday and I see it on WGN. I guess I was picturing him swinging at a Johnson slider. Despite your criticizm of him prior to going on the DL he was still hitting .291/.385/.590. He can still be productive but he'll decline every year.
The site I'm looking at shows that you have him next year at 17M and an option for 2006 for 18M with a 4.5M buyout (that's a huge buyout). He can still be very productive over the remaining length of his contract but ideally if you traded him you could get huge prospects for him and it would set you up for the future better. However, with such a huge $ amount attached to him it would be difficult to find buyers without absorbing a substantial chunk of the salary. The Yanks and the Sox are the best bets to be able to afford him. The Yanks have almost nobody in their system and although I don't know too much about the Sox's system, my guess is that with all the recent trades they are depleting their system quickly. Overall it might be best to let him ride out his contract (go for the buyout in 2006). Trading him would not go well with the fans.
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