[owsley]

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1. Sign Andruw Jones. Just do it. Give him his money. Failing that, for whatever reason, get Hunter or Rowand, in that order of priority.

2. Trade for Santana and sign him to a 6-7 year contract extension at 22ish/yr.

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1. I don't even have to give any reasons why it is a bad idea to "just give the money" to an overrated declining FA. I mean seriously, have we not been to this movie before.
2. The reasons why trading for santana is a bad idea have been laid out thoroughly. It is just dumb to trade cheap young premium players for an super expensive player who they would have a chance to sign in free agency anyway.