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Originally Posted by cinreds21

But Ludwick's 2-year deal kinda puts a kink into that. I am going to be very mad if Hamilton is not leading off Opening Day 2014. Extending Choo basically says that's not happening. They could trade Ludwick, but Walt is too loyal to his guys.

Why would this make you mad? It would be a really good thing imho for Hamilton (provided he shows development at AAA and if he gets a September call-up) to be the 4th outfielder behind Choo and Ludwick - getting his feet wet, making starts in CF with Choo in LF so Ludwick gets a break, coming in as a pinch runner. He could easily play his way into a starters roll by the end of the season or end up getting ready to be the starter in 2015 with Choo in LF after Ludwick's contract is up.