[Westheim]

I have to correct you there, but Fletcher was the #13 pick in the 2004 draft. (The way I set up the window for OOTP that makes it work for me cuts of the line at a very inconvenient point, true…) Not that it matters all that much. The #13 pick in ’04 beat the #7 pick in ’03. There are tears, but they will dry eventually.

Detailed findings later, but apart from Alston we have a few more departures, and we face a hefty bill to retain Jong-hoo Umberger, who is 32, but will be under team control until he’s 35 since he was signed out of Japan. His 3-yr, $3M deal from February 2008 expires now.

I don’t think a breakup is called for right now. Ron Alston was pedestrian in 2010, and most other key personnel will stick around. I can’t say a lot about what our future rightfield plans are right now, because so far I don’t have any. Right and short are really the only positions where we aren’t set going into next season. Quebell will be a free agent after 2011. That’s gonna be fun.

LVA Ricardo Garcia, who hit 28 homers this year, is a free agent this season. In total he had almost 90 extra base hits. His RF defense is average at best, but Alston’s wasn’t that good either. He bats right-handed, which would balance the lineup… He steals about 10 bags a year, but he’s a living strikeout. I don’t know.

Much depends on how far Carlosito will open his wallet anyway. No I haven’t checked yet.