Cordero for Zeile?

[The Genius]

The "Professional Hitter" will make $4.2 in 2002, and Zeile will make $6 mil. Both are in the final year of their contracts.
So it would cost us $1.8 mil to get rid of Cordero, and we would gain a guy who can play 3rd base.
NY would go for it; they have no use for Zeile after getting Mo.

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[the teacher]

nope. (1) $1.8 million is a lot. (2) from management's perspective, we have 3 guys who can play 3rd base: travis, russell, jolbert.

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The Teacher

[The Crank]

Actually I think that trade could be done. Jolbert is an utility player and not someone Tribe management thinks is a fill in for Travis (if they felt that we wouldnt be hearing those persistant Ed Sprague rumors). Zeile can play third and first and can take Cordero's spot as the righty bat off the bench....

If that doesn't work we could always move Cordero to Boston for Offerman.

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