[Kneel B4 Zod]

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saving 3 million a year by using ellsbury instead of crisp isn't going to land you anything, unless you want to play mark loretta in LF or something.

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the difference in 08/09 is more like $5m per year. alone that doesn't buy you much, but it's $5m you can include on top of other money. it's something.

Sure, Coco will be better than Ellsbury next year, but Arod would literally be twice as good as Lowell. if you can give up a little here to help you get a lot somewhere else, you do it I think.