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Be careful about line drive rate. Home run hitters have pedestrian to bad line drive rates. This includes Prince Fielder, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols last year... So the question is whether or not JJ Hardy will have a successful future as a flyball hitter.
My take is that as a moderate power RH hitter, his upside with the bat in an M's uniform is 2009 Jose Lopez, while his down side is Jeff Cirillo. I don't trade a real asset for him, so no Morrow for Hardy trade if I'm in charge. Not that I'm right, it just seems that Morrow and Hardy have similar down side, while Hardy doesn't have much upside.
My second take is that you have to have a shortstop and I don't want it to be Josh Wilson.