There was an interesting post on Athletics Nation by notsellingjeans. 

The post bascially outlines a way where the Cardinals could fill a ton of immediete holes by breaking a "Cardinals Rule" ... trading Colby Rasmus.  

In the deal, the A's would get a cornerstone to build their team around for years ... Rasmus.  The Cards would get:

Mark Ellis 2B

Bobby Crosby SS

Justin Duchsherer SP

Alan Embree RP

and ...

Huston Street RP

This would obviously be a fire sale for Oakland ... a full retreat into rebuilding mode.  For the Cards, this would be a deal for the here and now which I'm not sure I'm wanting to sell the farm for.  It would plug a ton of holes but for Rasmus?  Whadd'ya think?  The link to the actual article which is quite interesting is below:

http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/7/20/575122/the-final-sell-off-how-the