this is pretty ambitious thinking. just look at the language of what you wrote. according to that pitching problems solved we already have our 2nd-5th level starters in the system now with left overs to fight it out of the 6th and 7th fill in slots. I disagree, what we might have is odorizzi and maybe rivas who could be 4th or 5th guys, maybe a 2nd or 3rd for odorizzi, but not "at least". not trying to pick a fight with you, I'm just saying clearly hudson is further along at this point and I think a better effort should of been made to pry him loose from Chicago.Why would we trade guys for a guy who is at best a 4th-5th guy. We have plenty of those guys already in our system. We have Josh Butler who has already pitched in the majors and could easily be called up right now if necessary. We also have several players who will be in AA next year which is also one call away from the majors. We don't need another 4th-5th pitcher. If we are trading for pitchers we should be trading for top of the rotation guys, not back end guys. You said yourself he is a 4th-5th guy. We already have plenty in the minors.