I'd take the other side on this. I don't think Gomez is a core player to build a team around, and I worry that other than an increase in power in 2012, he's still the .300 OBP guy many wanted to DFA at this time last year. To me, there's too much risk in locking up over 10% of the annual payroll on Gomez for four years. Schafer is a competent replacement, and he's MLB ready now. If Bourn is worth 4 years/$48MM, then Gomez is worth some good talent in trade. I'd like to see Melvin try to trade Gomez for some near-MLB-ready position player talent, which is something we're desparately lacking. Schafer has 26 MLB at bats. I'm not ready to just hand over the reigns to him just yet.