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					Originally Posted by GioforPM  He's worth more as a really good $7M player than than a $9M one year rental in a year IMO.  And he doesn't really have to request a trade, he just has to wait it out, making that $9M.  Then he walks for free. | 
	
 
Or, he signs a longer term deal for less than $9M.
Or - if he is to be traded - instead of trading him for a bunch of lesser players, how about focusing on a one for one, where we get a good player back?
Continually trading quality for quantity is not how you build a winner