Exactly, except a couple notes. As for the A's they have Piazza coming back and have said they want him playing C, b/c of Cust. He has extended his rehab to accomodate them. Also they want to get their kid Suzuki some playing time to see if he can be the catcher of the future for them. And it does give the As 4M in space this year that Billy can play with at the wire. As i said, the difference between Kendall and Barrett is 1 WS. Both are having an awful year at the plate. Kendall now is probably avg to slightly below avg defensively, whereas Barrett is a black hole of disgrace upon defense. Their Marcel #s are similar, but Barrett has a higher projected OPS. Both are slightly better in the 2nd half typically offensively. And Kendall is stuck in a pitchers park atm, whereas Barrett is in a hitters park, so their may be some kick in the #s there also. As for 2008, i am convinced that Ronny needs another shot at SS. He is hitting 366 at Iowa atm. I would also like to see Murton getting another shot in RF, but would not be opposed to the Cubs hitting the FA market if they could, to pick up another power hitter for RF. Depending on what we could get for Barrett, I would like to see the Cubs go out and get a prospective C. But i think there are places where you definitely need defense and intangibles at the cost of offense and C is one of those spots.