If they sign Lofton to lead off, doesn't it make sense to just re-sign Nomar? He certainly will come much cheaper than Furcal (at least in base salary). If you sign Nomar instead of Furcal, that may give us the extra flexibility to sign Giles. Nomar- $5,000,000 Lofton- $2,000,000 Giles- $12,000,000 (up to $14,000,000 over three years) If they insist on not picking up Walker's option (terrible idea), its imperative that they move Cedeno to 2nd. Better production than Neifi, higher upside, less money. CF Lofton (2 million) LF Murton (300k) 1B Lee (8.7 million) RF Giles (12.5 million) 3B Ramirez (10.5 million) SS Garciapara (5 millon) C Barrett (4.3 million) 2B Cedeno (300k) SP Prior (3.0 million) SP Wood (12.0 million) SP Zambrano (5.0 million?) SP Maddux (9.0 million) SP Burnett (10.0 million) RP Dempster (5.0 million) RP Howry (2.0 million?) RP Novoa (1.0 million) RP Ohman (500k) RP Hill (300k) RP Williams (2.0 million?) BN Blanco (1.5 million) BN Patterson (2.8 million?) BN Hairston (2.0 million) BN Fontenot (300k) BN Cruz Jr. (1.5 million) BN Hollandsworth (1.0 million) TOTAL: 102,500,000 I know some of those figures might be a bit off, but I think its close enough that this team is realistic. What do you think?