Im not sure what the Dodgers would want in return for Ethier, as they are seemingly as stacking in the minors as we are.  They are desperately looking for a third baseman but Im afraid we have none to offer, unless of course they want Aybar or Guzman back. Ethier would immediately help the rays forget about Baldelli's sad story.

Outside of those two other options I like are Rivera (Angels) and Nady (Pirates).  Both are capable of backing up centerfield and wouldnt be longterm concerns (athough nady isnt a free agent for 3 more years).

KC has some of the best fans in baseball, and their stadium is beautiful. Great place to see a game in the summer. Kauffman Stadium is a classic

If management has any sense at all, this is the batting order for opening day:

Lofton
Crawford
Pena
Upton
Iwamura
Longoria
Gomes/Floyd
Navarro
Bartlett

Niemann should be 4th SP and Price comes up after 2 months. Both can have skipped starts with light bullpen work instead by using the long reliever who will presumably be an SP who has lost his job as SP [so that should help keep their IP down][if 2 former SPs wind up in the pen not a problem at all here, since there would still be 1 former SP for long relief purposes and the skipped Niemann and Price could otherwise do what I think should always been if the need arises, i.e., the bullpen light relief is actually middle relief in the game should the need for the same arise].  

The most perverse part of the whole thing is that my first love is stuck with Juan "out-creating machine" Pierre for millions upon millions when we could have had our man Kenny L at substantially less.

Lastly, something is horribly wrong with the MLB game when Kenny isn't in anyone's camp this year.  

There is also some support for the notion of going instead to a 4 man rotation thus maximizing the starts by your better pitchers. There is some thought that the injury danger is not so much how many games you start but how many pitches you throw within the game. The investigation is into how many rest days pitchers need between starts, and one view is that 3 is plenty. In fact, there is a viewpoint that pitchers actually need to throw more, not less, but not more in each game. Rather, pitchers should throw more often.

I suppose if the Rays should have a rotation of Price, Kazmir, Shields, Garza, Davis & McGee, and all are everything we expect, a 6 man might make sense. (Although if it is true that pitchers get stronger via more work, it would still not be a good idea.) But take this year. Which is better, assuming that there is no greater injury risk? To give Kazmir, Garza, Shields and Sonnanstine about 40 starts each or to give each of them just 32-33 starts and the remaining 32-33 to Jackson or Hammel or Howell?