thats too bad, best prospect we had..I hope he comes out of retirement so he can hit 30 HR's for us..

haha thats hilarious

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2257513

He is looking for a short multiyear deal with a "contender"(he has said he doesn't want KC's money), for around 5 mil/year.  He has a low bat avg, but his OBP is alright, and he hits around 20-30 hr per year, and lefty no less.  I am new to this blog, and don't know how to create a new diary.  Anyway, I think this is a pretty decent option, then use Corey to trade for a shortstop, if we don't swallow our pride and take a chance on Nomah!!

I didn't mean just corey, more likely some prospects.  Though, I am alright with Walker and Cedeno for right now.  That presupposes we have a new right fielder with some power.  I think that Bradley is a much bigger risk than Jones, who is a very good fielder and can hit, and is certainly better than just the ivy on the wall.

But he did play for the Twins, a team that really didn't have much in the way of an Offense these past few years, only skating into the playoffs (before last year) on Defense and Pitching and being in the worst division in baseball (before the surprising W. Sox).  

He does hit over 20 homeruns a year.  He has a much better avg. then Patterson (lifetime averages of .279 to KPat's .252).  And he gets around 80 RBI's a season for a team that doesn't get many men on base.  (sorta like us)

HOWEVER, the last two seasons he has seen dramatic declines in avg.  (around .300 in '02 and '03 compared to around .250 in '04 and '05).  He does get +100 K's a year.  (compared to Korey though, who gets a K for every 3 at bats, Jones gets a K little over every 4 at bats).

If it doesn't look like we are able to get ANYBODY besides Patterson to play right, then I think I would much rather have Jones.  And that's only saying if we can't find ANYBODY else.