Reply #3: thanks feeney... [View All]

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...and to answer your question, we we get 13 keepers plus 5 "minor league" slots. the minor-league slots can be used to protect anyone who was a rookie in the previous year (or, of course, actual minor-leaguers). so both mauer and chacin could be protected that way without using up keeper slots.

i just got an email saying that in the hudson deal, the other position player could be mauer if i want.

the central issues, i think, are a) whether hudson is a better pickup than chacin (i could probably get the guy to give me someone other than webb or reitsma as the third player in the deal)...and b) whether i want to lose oswalt (who i've had on my roster since his first year in the bigs).

i've got about 2.5 hours to make a decision...any other thoughts?