Talk:Moving Willis by Deadline Makes No Sense/@comment-56870-20060428123545

Rosenthal is one of the better baseball writers out there, and he has a valid point regarding Willis. He&quot;s in for a huge payday well before the Fish will have cash. And the Marlins MO is to have everyone hit arb all at once, and then go through a massive purge.

Trading Willis will do more than just get them two prospects. It will also clear the $10m Willis will be due in a few months off the (speculative) books. This is money they can use, when the time is right, to sign a free agent who can replace 80% of Willis&quot; production. Plus, he doesn&quot;t have to be a pitcher (although I&quot;d suggest it, for the reasons you said above).  Rosenthal&quot;s biggest mistake is putting a 3B on the trade-bait list. Cabrera wants to be at 3B and *should* be at 3B. But if it were two pitchers or a guy like Lastings Milledge, suddenly, it&quot;s a pretty interesting problem for the Fish.