I don't approve of trading Wolf to free up payroll. For one, he's the only starter that has a team option after this coming season. Although it probably won't get picked up, it's nice to have a chance to retain at least ONE of the three pitchers that may leave post-2012. Second, and most importantly, that rotation isn't that good, and it's one injury away from being a total mess. We got really lucky that no one went down for too long in 2011 and we only had to use 6 starters. That is unlikely to happen again. Your proposed rotation is a big downgrade and a huge risk if someone gets hurt. And if Marcum doesn't recover we'd be even more screwed than we would be with our current rotation. The rest of the ideas seem reasonable, I just don't think we can afford to trade a pitcher to free up payroll. The rotation was our demise, but it was also what got us so deep into October in the first place.