THE Offseason solution

I'd prefer sending Rolen and Reyes to the Dodgers for Laroche and Kemp, then Duncan and a minor leaguer (Anderson maybe?) to the Giants for Lincecum or Cain. mlbtraderumors.com said the Giants were dangling Lincecum for Rios; Rios is the same age as Dunc, but plays significantly better defense... Anderson could possibly be too much to throw in if they were just asking for Rios though.

To believe that Texas would trade us their starting 3B(who is 27 and is a former All-Star), as well as one of their better starting pitchers for an aging and injury prone CF and a SP who pitched his way out of the rotation not to mention  out of favor with the organization is wishful thinking.

Lastly, I don't see your point regarding Rick Ankiel. Hes young, he hits for power, plays strong defense, and has a rocket for an arm. He could potentially turn into a strong defender who absolutely mashes at the plate. He has tons of upside and he has enough experience at the Major League level to be useful. As much as I love Barton (Excellent pickup), hes far from a sure thing and is no where near ready to start everyday. Ankiel should be the starting RF and should spell Edmonds in CF allowing for some PT for Barton.

The day this team has Cesar Izturis AND Juan Pierre on it, I quit baseball forever.

 I admitt that this guy has to have an obp in the .375 range. With out that he is not as effective. To use words like he sucks his overly harsh.

 With all that said I still would not trade Rolen for him. The only Rolen trade rumor I have heard and liked was Rolen for LaRoche/Elbert.

 My expectations for this off season have been real low. I have dreamed and posted those dreams, but the reality is I don't expect much. The management says they want a pitcher, but if they don't move Reyes they have no room.

Rotation:

Wainman
Welley/Mulder
Loop
Pineiro
Reyes/Carp

Reyes is out of options so if he can not be traded he plays. There is no way he passes through wavers.

The outfield is set:

Duncan
Jed
Ankeil
Barton/Ludwick
Schu in Memphis

The infield is set:

Rolen
Iz
Kennedy
Pujols
Molina

Speez/Ryan/LaRue

So Welley gets some starts waiting for Mulder. Reyes starts until Carp gets back. If Reyes does well that would be a wonderful thing. Maybe he has trade value at the deadline, or he stays and Loop goes to the pen.

 I Don't want any of the FA pitchers beacuse the contracts that are being discussed are scarey. So a trade of Duncan for a pre-arb pitcher would be nice, but not likely.

 If Duncan got traded then a signing of Bradley would be possible. Barton and Schu would play left until Milton was ready to play then Schu would have to move. Most likely back to AAA.

 So, in reality I don't see much more than this happening

"Consider also that the Dodgers have an expensive albatross in Juan Pierre, the good-guy, bad-player combination to whom they owe $36 million over the next four seasons. Pierre was already an inadequate center fielder, and he'll be even worse, relative to par, in left field, where he may block a better player in Andre Ethier.  Consider that Jones' WARP in 2007, the worst year of his career, was 4.6. Pierre's WARP in 2006 and 2007 combined was 4.3."