Goony, I agree with your sentiments, as much of his OBP is BA driven, and he's getting slower with age. However, would a 1 year rental, for the cost of slightly more than we paid Fla be too much, if we also signed Soriano at 2B and moved Jones to CF? We'd have a CF with above average SLG, and 2B with above average SLG as well. Would a 1-2 with Murton & Ichiro get on base enough in front of Lee-Ramirez-Soriano-Barrett-Jones to work well enough? With that lineup, there'd be times I'd bat the Pitcher 8th (Z, etc) in front of Izturis. how much more would andruw jones cost? that would give some pop in the OF, just in an unusual spot. we could keep jjones in RF and have a theriot/fontenot type at 2b. murton could hit 6th or 2nd with a new manager, and 2b could leadoff.