One of the main reasons why Hendry was inserted into the General Manager position was for his knowledge of our system and prospects, as he was in charge of our drafts from 96-02, and responsible for much of the minor league stockpile we acquired through the draft and foreign free agency. Under Jim, we've never shied away from trading our top prospects (Choi, Hill, Beltran, Jones) though sometimes we've held on too long and lost much of their value (Cruz). Now with his back against the wall, Jim needs to seriously look into trading some of our top talent but only if it's able to net us young prime players in return that can be re-signed or are under contract. And not give up a boat load of talent for a one year rental like we did this last offseason with Juan Pierre. This is where Felix Pie comes into the equation, by far he is our biggest chip in acquiring talent via trade. We need to answer some serious questions about the young outfielder. Is he a difference maker as he's been touted much throughout his career or is he just a serviceable OF? Are we making the same mistake we did just a few years prior with Corey Patterson? Every level he's shown the ability to hit for average with speed, and in the past few years has developed power as many thought he would. He's really what scouts term as a 5 tool player with plus defense and arm. But he's not, at least now, a solution for the top of the order, and it's likely he'll never be despite his speed just like Corey Patterson was. So knowing all of this do you trade our biggest chip? Personally, I'm all for it as long as it brings us a big piece of the puzzle that we have control over and not just a one year rental.