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Viva El Birdos Blake Dewitt

With our 2b situation discussed ad nausem, what would you guys think about trading for Blake Dewitt? He has been officially displaced by Hudson at second and Blake at third. Admittedly not as good, but with rising depth in prospects like Hu, Abreu, and Rohan and major league regulars Blake, Furcal, and Hudson filling out the starting infield, Dewitt will be at best an infield super sub. 

A. What would it take to get him? Where do the Dodgers need depth? Would the Dodgers even consider offers?

B. Do we even want Dewitt? Does he project to be a above replacement player long term at second?

C. What do you think the actual interest from ownership is? If we are looking at other team's "second best" and "low hanging fruit", is Dewitt actually on the radar?

D. Are their better, alternate options? Retrend vets such as Grudz or Durham? 

In summary, I think Dewitt would be a good option for the cards. He is under team control for awhile, he is cheap, and if he can perform at a level more than or equal to replacement level, the former reasons would make him fairly valuable. Oh, and It doesnt hurt that he is from southern Missouri.....

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Viva El Birdos Uggla, Holliday, Fuentes, OH MY.....

Uggla is a potential trade candidate due to expensive arb. years, as reported by Rosenthal. The infield is the most practical place to upgrade this team offensively, unless we revamp our outfield due to Ludwick's surge (Duncan is probably the one to go in this instance). I would not trade for pitching, unless we get a solid 2 or 3 back. As for the left side of the bullpen, a solid arm would be a major upgrade over Randy Flores, who has very crooked splits against righties and Villone, who also has the same problem (perhaps its the arm angle? Villone almost comes over the top, and most lefties are so hard on lefties because of the deception that the common, lower arm angle gives). Which would you want? Uggla, Holliday, Fuentes, or to go for broke for a top of the rotation starter like Burnett? Please justify which one you would choose and give a reasonable estimate of the cost. If you want, you can look at this as a needs based trading scenario also - for example, Reyes has been scouted by several teams like the braves, so we might ask for Lillibridge. Personally, I would like to see Uggla with the birds on the bat.

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