For the record, I like Ortiz, he will produce, but our needs are pretty clear in our pitching.
We have discussed this over and over again.
1. If the strategy is stay under the cap, and we go like this (without Scutaro and without the SP) Ortiz's arbitration is unacceptable.
2. If we were going to end up over the cap anyway (beyond Ortiz' contract), why did we give up Scutaro.
Sure, I need to see how this ends in order to emit a more accurate opinion.