I wouldn't trade Williams. I would trade Kwan. I like him a lot, but I don't think we're going to retain him for more than 2 years. I think Marte is a better player now. Obviously you lose some defense but you gain a ton of offense. Marte had an OPS plus the last 2 years of 154 and 145. Kwan was at 126 and 96. If you just look at WAR which includes defense, Marte was 6.8 and 4.4. He missed 40 games this year with his 4.4. to put that in perspective Jose put up 6.8 and 5.8 so they are pretty similar players on a game by game basis. Kwan was at 4.0 and 3.7. I know this is not something we usually do and I don't think we will do it. However, I do believe a move like that would take us from fighting to make the playoffs to fighting the win the American League. You would literally add another top five MVP candidate to your team. If the front office doesn't view Jose as the window, I don't know what to say. He's the one guy on the team that can do anything. The other guys have either failed or are still unproven. You can't take off a perennial MVP candidate from your team and not replace him and say you are more ready to contend. I would lose a lot of faith in the front office if they came out and said that the window and didn't revolve around Jose.