Whats funny is I tried to get Koskie first. I made the trade for Mora.

I believe I offered up a 1st rounder plus a couple prospects for Koskie. Mike said no(he is the one still doing unapproved trades, by the way).

I planned on Arod playing SS(still think Jeter goes to CF eventually), so I still needed a 3B. So I thought, what about Mora. I didn't want to give up Ichiro, but wanted to make a fair offer, and that was the only combo I could think of. So the deal was done.

I've had about 3/4 of my trade offers to unmanaged teams refused, so I don't think I get any favors.

I think Ichiro out hits Mora over the next 5 years.