January 21, 200422 yr If you were the GM what final moves would you make and what would be your opening day lineup? Keeping in mind you have to keep the payroll around $60mil and no GM is going to do a stupid trade like a Valentin for A-Rod deal. I would trade Maggs and a prospect to the Dodgers for Perez, Mota and a prospect. As much as I like Maggs this is a business and in this business there are more good outfielders than there are good pitchers. My opening day roster would look like this: 2B Harris CF Rowand LF Lee DH Thomas 1B Kornerko 3B Crede SS Valentine RF Bochard/Reed CA Olivo SP Loaiza SP Buerhle SP Perez SP Garland SP Cotts/Rauch RP Mota RP Wunsch RP Marte RP Politte RP Schoenwais CP Koch Our lineup would have solid defense and a good balance of speed and power. Our starting rotation would have 5 guys capable of winning 15+ games and our bullpen would be pretty tight (hoping Koch and Politte rebound). Plus our payroll would be less than $55 mil. When the all-star break came around go plug the holes in our team via trades.
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