Yeah, we don't really need him. We have the best offense in baseball right now. In the offseason their focus should be on getting a real #2. Laptop is your 1, Lackey is your 3, Doubront is your 4 and Peavy will be your 5. We need a real #2, and some additional help from the right side in the pen.
Stanton scares the hell out of me, the ability is through the roof. I think he has the ability to be one of the best, but there is also a chance that 2012 is an aberration, with 2010, 2011 and 2013 being the norm .....the amount of talent he will cost in a trade would never be worth the production. Too much high end talent to sacrifice for 1 player.
Yes.
And even at that point, would he really be worth it? We seem to have put together a pretty solid offensive club, and none of the guys have monster contracts.