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Whether or not he deserved to be D'dFA , that not the MO for this front office, and it never has been. Big arm, great stuff relievers have always been AA's weakness, and he has almost ALWAYS sacrificed the hear and now to keep these guys on the roster for as long as possible. In absolute terms Rogers may not be cheap with the $137m payroll this year to its credit, but you cant say they're willing to do whatever it takes in terms of payrolll if the Elliot tweet was accurate. The Santos move is clearly a sign that the Elliot tweet is accurate, with AA going against anything he's ever done, and hoping to sacrifice Santos, to clear room in the payroll for another bat. When he talks about being creative, in terms of adding salary...this is exactly it. Its actually a smart move, if they it is money in = money out, but if it signifies that Rogers has indeed said Money in must = Money out...then we should be venting.