We should have never let him leave to begin with. He was a productive LH bat in the middle of the order and should have been re-signed.
I was very irked when Rick Hahn was quoted a week after he signed with Texas that they needed another LH bat to balance the lineup.
This is pure speculation on my part, but I think one reason he wasn't re-signed was that they needed to choose between him and Jake Peavy .
I don't think there's any question that from a pure baseball standpoint you make him an offer. I think the bigger question is whether Rick Hahn or anyone else in a decision-making role in the organization would be willing to eat humble pie, admit they were wrong to let him leave, and make him an offer.
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