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I feel as though these are the guys we should target' date=' as well as Davis and Chen. Let's keep as many picks as we can. Unless one of them's value drops immensely, like Cruz did the other year, steer clear.[/quote']If you go after Chen and Davis you've already lost two picks.
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Not lost' date=' just didn't gain them, but I know what you mean.[/quote']

Same thing. If you let Chen walk and go after Zimmerman you are out one pick. There is no reason to go after Chen if you like Zimmerman better. I would rather go after Kazmir or Cueto (assuming Price is out of our range).

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Despite a previous thought process of wanting to steer clear of Davis and a big contract I think it does make sense if you're going to sign one of the top FA then Davis might make sense in that you'd just not gain a comp pick instead of giving up 16 or wherever we're picking.

Plus I'm of the mindset that after Jones, Machado, and Bucks contracts are up our window closes for a bit and that's also around the time I imagine Davis' production will fall off a cliff so no harm done really.

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