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[Brad Jansen]

Dear Brad:
  I'm feeling a bit schizophrenic about my team this year: am I
rebuilding or going for it? I think I should go for it. I'm keeping
nine pitchers and spending more on those 5 categories than I ever
have. No one can top that staff...wait till Brad Bergersen goes for
$22 in the draft--then we'll see who laughs at me, won't we?*  I can
move those guys to fill whatever offensive holes I have.  Yeah, I
think I should finally wade into the competition and confront the
likes of roto expert Jeff Winick, mountaineer Mark Blocker and the
bookish Andy Klein.   Maybe I'm just freaking out from worrying
whether Robbins will extend Price and Santana's contracts so far he'll
blow his salary cap. What to do? What to do?
--Bothered, Rattled, Anxious, Depraved


Dear BRAD:
 Jeez, have I seen those keeper lists for the Angry Young Men, Nukes,
Red Hots, Berliners, Dads, Calamari, K-9 and Brats?  No way can you or
I beat them...and if the Bombers do decide to keep Matt Wieters then
all bets are off.  I think with the five-star pitching staff I will
retain we should have no difficulty dumping those guys for some cheap
keepers for 2012.  But heck, you can't even get a friggin' team to
trade me a top prospect for Elvis "$10 for chrissakes" Andrus let
alone for Erik "$1 bargain bin" Bedard.  So what--the only question I
need to answer is whether you should dump after the freeze lists get
submitted or hold off till next Sunday. I'm just gonna get drunk on
Blood Marys next Sunday and have fun. Make sure Jeff's office stocks
celery stalks. See you there.
--Brad



*Ed.'s note: the Bombers are retaining Bergesen at $4.