The Rays are running into the problem this offseason of an excess of (arguably) major-league caliber players. All the talk of Iwamura's option, our great infield depth (Brignac and Rodriguez), Desmond Jennings, and other such nonsense has the Rays in a unique position to perhaps deal some of its players/prospects. At the same time, we could still use a true 3+ WAR RF option, and I think I've found the perfect match: one of the league's most underrated players (and one of my favorite), Indians RF Shin-Soo Choo. This year he has been worth 4.3 WAR providing an excellent bat and league-average fielding. The Indians are undeniably rebuilding, and one of our pitching prospects (Wade Davis, Jeremy Hellickson, Jeff Niemann even, dare I say David Price?), Aki, and one of our position players/prospects may be enough to get the deal done. If we can deal CC for something big (a couple big time prospects, for example), we could seriously cut our payroll next year and provide a true Playoff-caliber team. I envision:

1B Pena
2B Zobrist/Aybar/Brignac
3B Longoria
SS Bartlett/Brignac
LF Deej
CF Beej
RF Choo Choo
C Hopefully somebody awesome and cheap we trade CC for
DH Pat Burrell I guess.

Imagine the haul we'll get for CC - we'll miss the defense, no doubt, but Deej figures to be a pretty good defensive LF and a great offensive LF, in the same vein of Carl. If we can net a ML ready catcher and a good SP prospect for Carl, I think we pull the trigger. We'll be looking at a great team next year and even without one of Davis, Hellickson, Price, and Niemann, I think our rotation and depth are pretty solid:

SP Shields
SP Garza
SP Price
SP Niemann
SP Hellickson

for example.

What are your thoughts?