So, couldn't career-year Bill Hall have been traded because of Hardy? (Instead of foolishly misplaying him in CF ... still bothers me.) Couldn't recent all-star JJ Hardy have been traded because of Escobar? Couldn't all-star Rickie Weeks have been traded because of Lawrie? Couldn't 104 RBI Casey McGehee have been traded because of Lawrie? Couldn't rising-stock Carlos Gomez have been traded because of Schafer (or Aoki)? It's debatable whether or not these were the right (non-)moves to make, and maybe there were no takers in any of these situations, but it seems like the opportunities were there analogous to the Revere/Span ... Hicks/Benson example. Personally, I think Hall, Weeks, Gomez are giant wastes of money, avoidable with cheaper, younger, suitable replacements.