It appears the Yankees have Cliff Lee on their radar, so that pipe dream is probably over before it even really started. And with Melvin striking out on middle tier SP's, it seems that Attanasio wants his guy to switch his focus on SP thru trades. Why not use some of our freed up money on a bat? Beltre is having a monster year with Boston (.322/.361/.549 and playing his usual good defense), and will no doubt opt out of his deal. Some might look at his numbers in Seattle and be scared away, but it appears a lot of that was hitting at Safeco. Let's trade McG for a SP while he's still cheap, trade Fielder for another SP and move Gamel to 1B. Improved defense. Improved pitching. Offense should still be above avg. Fangraphs speculates his Market Value : http://www.fangraphs.com/...hp/beltres-market-value/