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Originally Posted by Unsmooth-Moment
I don't know why we would want Howard. He doesn't really improve our lineup. Byrd should be the guy we target.
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Even while having a terrible year, he has more HR and RBI than anyone in the Royals lineup. Obviously so does Byrd.
If they don't pick up Butler's option he could be the DH next year. Really the only reason I'd entertain the idea is they seem really desperate to dump him, and eat the contract while doing it. It's the type of thing the A's do... pick up guys late in their career cheap and get a good year or two out of them. Like they did with Frank Thomas. Of course if Butler's actually about to start getting hot it'd be a waste of time.