Quote: - oh yeah - carlos lee has a NO TRADE, remember? and who is gonna pay that kind of money for a DH? with 5 years left on his contract?

I think Berkman would be a better LFer than Lee. Berkman even appears to be in better shape this season. Lee doesn't need great range if he would learn how to play 1b. I suppose that would be my only solution at the moment. I'm sure neither of them would be too wild about that kind of change. And, realistically, it probably couldn't happen until next year, since the team probably wouldn't do it until they played the positions in spring training. However, if I were the manager, I would be thinking about having Lee practice taking groundballs and throws at 1st base now.