As for ARod, I’ll take 7 years at $200 mil but he’s playing 1st, not 3rd. We already have a gold glover at 3rd!

Castillo bothers me for his lack of pop. Very hard for a runner to score on a single by Castillo, because they play very shallow against him. He doesn’t have SF power either. I’d prefer Gotay/Easly at 2B, but would fault Omar signing Castillo for his defense and speed.

Miguel Cabrera will hit his weight. A bit of Manny in him. Youn can’t ignore his bat. I want him on my team more than anyone else

I am starting to come around on the idea of getting the best players, even if it isn’t at a position of need, and trading a ML guy (instead of just prospects). I love Maine, but if you could trade Of for P, and Maine for a C and 2B, and sign an OF, overall you could be better.

I really hope Omar makes some shrewd moves Trading for a young catcher, moving Delgado for a young 2B, stuff like this to revamp the team, making it better in 2008, and giving a bright future.

I’m not that concerned with the pitching, if they can add 1 respectable SP to go with what they have, and some pen improvements.

I don’t want Castillo and Loduca back to watch them continue to slide downhill. maybe Loduca for 1 year if there really aren’t any other options.

2B there are pelnty of options, even in house, so Castillo we can live without.

Free Agency:

1) Alex Rodriguez – 10 years, 225 Million (Boras may want 300, but that doesn’t mean he gets it. I don’t see a GM telling their ownership that $300M is an option after the beating Tom Hicks took in Texas. ) Wright moves to first base.

2) Sign Eric Gagne and Scott Linebrink to 2 or 3 year contracts. (These moves, to me, would help sure up our bullpen, and make Heilman expendable in a trade.)

3) Resign Paul LoDuca and Ramon Castro – I like the tandem, but I’d like to see Castro getting more time, especially with LoDuca getting older.

4) Sign Livan to a 1 year, 4M deal.

5) AVOID – Silva, Fukudome

6) Release Mota and Schoenweis. Good Publicity move (steroids), and baseball move… bad financial move.

Trades:

1) Pelfrey, Humber, Heilman, Milledge, FMart for Santana. Now, I know come think it’s a lot. But, truly, I don’t see it as such. Pelfrey and Humber will never be more than a #5 starter or middle relief. Heilman’s versatility can add to his value. Corner outfielders with Milledges skill set aren’t hard to find, or trade for. (See Xavier Nady… and how hyped he was coming into San Diego) The major chip here is a 19 year old OF.

Who cares about homegrown talent if that talent can’t win you a championship.

2) Trade Delgado and Carp to LA for Chone Figgins. Second Base… Solved for years to come, Wright takes over at first. LA gets the bat they covet to protect Vlad.

Here’s what we could envision.

Reyes – SS
Figgons – 2B
Wright – 1B
ARod – 3B
Beltran – CF
Alou – LF
LoDuca – C
Gomez/Chavez – RF
P

Santana
Pedro
Maine
Perez
Livan

El Duque
Joe Smith
Feliciano
D. Sanchez
E. Gagne
S. Linebrink
B. Wagner

Truly, I don’t know why I wasted all this time typing this. None of it’s gonna happen… but, oh well, that’s the Metsblog slogan. 1 team, 1,000,000 GM’s.