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I'm jumping to the off-season a bit early but I have a feel that Tori will become an option for us if we don't resign Andruw Jones.

People who know say it could take a five-year contract worth at least $75 million for the Twins to re-sign Torii Hunter, who can become a free agent at season's end.

Best bet is that Hunter, 31, will end up with the Rangers in Texas, where he resides.

http://www.twincities.com/walters/ci_60 ... ck_check=1

What would you think about Tori replacing AJ or who do you believe would be a better option?

I wouldn't give Hunter a contract longer than 3-4 yrs and def not 75 million

I'm not a big fan of Hunter to the Braves considering his age and the decent performance of Gregor Blanco at AAA this year.

That's a steep price for an above average hitting cf. Defensively he can go get them but offensively to help carry this team I can't see him doing it. No disrespect to torii

I don't want to see us get much younger and I don't fully support the idea of relying on a rookie center fielder. Tori would provide us with a gold glove, not like Andruw, but still very solid at the least. His bat is solid but the one thing I disagree with would be his asking price.

I would be wary of giving him the length of deal that he's going to command.

How about Byrnes? Some other Braves fans I communicated with are high on him and I have to agree. He'd be affordable and solid for the Braves and prevent payroll nightmares.

KB 34 wrote:How about Byrnes? Some other Braves fans I communicated with are high on him and I have to agree. He'd be affordable and solid for the Braves and prevent payroll nightmares.

Since we're saving money on AJ if we go after Byrnes, do we go after a power hitting LF or 1B?