Trading him probably means we aren’t in the mix this season. Why not? I mean, everyone wanted to trade Santana a month ago, that was the whole plan many of us thought, to clear up the logjam. The only reason we were talking Santana and not Braun is because Braun is much less tradeable. We are pretty well covered at both 1st and the OF. We know Braun's bat is for real, but so are his injuries. There will be stretches this year where we are excited about what he's doing and there will be stretches this year when it's a burden to have him because injuries have made him either ineffective or unavailable. Right now we're in the middle of one of those first stretches. If he can have a very healthy stretch (because we do know that's only temporary), sell the Dodgers on him, pull the trigger on a high point for him, gain roster flexibility, financial flexibility, and useful pieces(s), I don't see that as a bad thing or something that should preclude us from contending.