Get me Bobby Abreu

Jim Salisbury reports for the Inky that the Phils will unload some one of Abreu, Burrell, or Thome:

It's clearly not out of the question that the Phils could keep Thome. Gillick said he is not shopping any of his players, and one rival GM said: "They sound like they might keep him." There is a school of thought that says the Phils could deal Abreu or Pat Burrell, and buy time on the Thome-Howard situation by using Howard in the outfield next year.

You can keep your Bad Back Thome. We need a sure thing if we can get it.

The Pirates are talking about raising their payroll to $50M. Abreu has only two years left on his contract. If he were on the market today, he'd sign a multi-year deal, four or five years I think, despite his age. This is what the Pirates need: a hitter like Abreu (there are not many of them) for what it takes, money-wise, for only a year or two.

I'd trade almost everything to get Abreu on an affordable two-year deal.