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Ok it's official, Loaiza to the A's, 3 years at $7 mil per.
This could be really good or really bad. Signing Loaiza leads me to believe they will trade Zito for a big bat and that Beane isn't sold on Dan Meyer as the #5. If they trade Zito for Dunn, I'm all for it.
I hope this doesn't mean he intends on trading Saarloos for a not-quite-as-big bat or prospects. The A's are ready to contend in 06 but they need a big bat to do it. Zito is expendable, and its better to trade him now than let him walk next season and get draft picks that won't help until 09.
Also, $7 mil is way too much for this guy.
But if what I think Beane is going to do is true, this is a very good lineup:
1. Ellis 2B
2. Crosby SS
3. Kotsay CF
4. Dunn DH/RF/1B
5. Chavez 3B
6. Swisher RF/DH/1B
7. Payton LF
8. Johnson 1B/DH
9. Kendall C
1. Harden
2. Blanton
3. Haren
4. Loaiza
5. Saarloos
6. (Harden's inevitable injury) Kennedy/Meyer/Rheinecker
Calero, Duchscherer, Witasick, Flores, Garica, Street
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