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Kyle Lohse ($4.25M from the Cards) was one of last winter's best signings Andruw Jones ($36M for two years from the Dodgers) was one of the worst Randy Wolf and Juan Cruz are among the potential bargains on this year's market Randy Wolf proved to be a bargain in 2008 and could be again in 2009. These days everybody's a general manager. Everybody has an idea to pitch, a trade to consummate, a free agent to sign. We all have our own beliefs about how to build a winning team, about who's worth what for how long. I saw a blog a couple of weeks ago that suggested that the Mets sign CC Sabathia and Manny Ramirez this winter. Give Sabathia $130 million over six years. Offer Manny $60 million for four years. The Mets are instantly better. Hard to disagree with that logic. Though Scott Boras, Ramirez's agent, might object. And the... [read full story]
