Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: a club like Cincinnati that would take less in a deal were they to also offload a problematic contract, which they happen to have in Moustakas. You're pretty good at spending Steve Cohen's money, but to what end? Moustakas gives us a pretty even equivalent for Dom, same kind of offense, only he's no good if Alonso goes down for a stretch or if we get a sudden hole in the OF, plus he's 33 years years old as opposed to 26, and on the downslide end of his career. Also, we need another 3Bman like Custer needed more indians. Which of Cincinnati's star pitchers are you fantasizing they would toss in to get rid of Moustakas' contract? I suggested they look at Luis Castillo And I didn't make up the idea of spending Cohens money-- that suggestion came from an article by a national baseball writer that said Cohen would consider such deals as a means to obtain what they really want. You seem to think this about coveting Moustakas or hating Smith-' its not.