We are fortunate enough to have a winning team with some minor flaws that can be fixed cheaply. Acquiring a LOOGY like Claudio wouldn't cost us anything close to the names that you mentioned. We could probably acquire him for Wisler (or maybe even less than that). I don't think that puts a dent in our future at all and it helps us out right now. Its pretty clear that the bullpen would benefit a good bit from a lefty specialist. 3rd base might be a little more expensive to improve, but its also less concerning to me than patching up the bullpen. If we do decide to upgrade at 3rd, we are once again fortunate in the fact that it seems like it could end up being a buyer's market. There are numerous guys out there who fit both the rental/longer term mold pretty well. We have plenty of options to choose from. While I don't think its 100% necessary and I'm not sure we have enough money to do it anyway, but if the right deal for a 3rd base upgrade appeared we should definitely entertain the idea, even if the price is a tad higher than we would like.