Cherries made moves in 3 of the 4 days of the Winter Meetings. These were helpful moves that help with the foundation of the 2013 team, but I would say that it is still about 30 -40% unfinished. Most of the unfinished business involves starting pitching. Will there be a trade or a FA signing? Lots of names have come of the boards already. We still need someone to share 1B with Napoli. Will that be Swisher who can also share LF with Gomes? I don't think there is enough PT available for Swisher. Plus, he will cost a draft choice. Maybe it will be Berkman, who is a part-time player at this point. He could share 1B and LF. He is a nice stick when healthy.
Will there be a big splash? Hamilton possibly? If so, I hope that it does not come at the expense of pitching.
Finally, what would it do to our payroll budget to take Johan and the remainder of his salary for a middling prospect and someone from the major league roster?