This needs to be our next offseason target. Assuming the Padres excercise his 2011 option, and it would be foolish not to, it will be for the purpose of trading him. Naturally, despite the fact that he'll only have 1 year of team control, a lot of teams will be after him. The question is, how much is too much? assuming we plan on offering an immediate extension, and with Lilly and Lees contracts, among others off the books we should be able to afford him without a problem. This is the guy to build a team around. Would Vitters, Colvin, and Theriot, be too much or too little for 1 guaranteed year of him? Maybe throw in another decent prospect(not Castro os Cashner) if we can get something else out of it? If we wait until the offseason, will it be too late?