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Originally Posted by hiaspire
As I mentioned, your list is utterly worthless to a team looking to make a move today if most of those players are not available or easily acquirable. That means nothing then. You don't have to look at things through that perspective sitting in the distant stands, but every team must individually and can only be concerned about their own situation and how they can improve today. That's all. Everything else related to that is totally irrelevant to your needs and objectives today.
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I disagree. Lets take a look at that list here for a sec.
Bonds- Was very avalable as a free agent, and could've been had for less then Lee
Pujos - Untouchable
Cabara - Unouchable, for now, but with the Marlins you never know when the next fire sale will be
Berkman - Already on the Astros
Howard - Not attainable now, but as you said was very avalable a few years ago.
Helton - We all know he can be had
Wright - untouchable
C. Jones - I belive the Braves would part with him for some younger players.
D. Lee - Untouchable
Bay - Was involved in one of the most lopsided trades in the decade, could've easily been had from the Padres a few years back
Holliday - Word is he is gone after he becomes a free agent. Rockies would probably listen to offers for him
Delgado - Could've been had many times in the past.
N. Johnson - Wasnt much thought of as a Yankee could've easily been had a few years back.
Edmonds - Free agent this year I belive
Dunn - He's been rumored many many times with trades
Alue - Free agent this year.
I could go on but I think we all get the point. Just about everyone one of the players in HF list could be had, or sometime in the past was avalable for cheap.
My Point? The Astros and other teams should be spending more time trying to find the next Ryan Howard, or Jason Bay rather then throwing money at a player who had a OPS below .900 last year.