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Mark DeRosa?


Per MLBTR (the Olney article referenced is insider-only, so i can't get the info straight from the horse's mouth):

Mark DeRosa's asking price appears to have come down - Olney says it's in the three-year, $18MM range. Still seems too pricey, but it's a step in the right direction.

I've read, I think from Mark Bowman, that the Bravos have been keeping sort of a lateral eye on DeRosa, while acknowledging his price would have to come down for them to be seriously interested. The figure he put out was about $5M a year, do you guys think 6 is close enough? If so, is this a guy we want to bring back in?

My personal take is that he's no Holliday, certainly, but unless Wren has a really blockbuster trade up his sleeve that he's waiting to dish out after he moves Lowe's contract, De-Ro in LF might be one of the best remaining options on the market, and at 6M he leaves plenty of salary room for trying to find some sort of 1B option. I know he doesn't have the glitz and glamor of guys like Holliday, Cameron, et al., but with those options either off the board or out of our price range, he seems like a pretty good option to avoid having to slap GA 2.0 out there after the market dries up. Thoughts?

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