I think Jack Z. has made it pretty clear that he's been making two kinds of moves since he arrived.  First, keep the doors open, keep the boat afloat, keep enough lipstick on the pig to make it presentable . . . whatever you want to call it.  Second, the complete overhaul of the organization top-to-bottom.

I call it "superstructure" and "infrastructure."  Superstructure: what you see.  Infrastructure: what's underneath that makes it possible.

Superstructure:

-- Any move involving "veteran presence"

-- Any move involving "protection for the kids"

-- Jack Wilson; Ian Snell

-- Casey Kotchman

-- Russ Branyan

-- Russ Branyan, again

-- Milton Bradley

-- Erik Bedard, return 1 and return 2

-- Chone Figgins, signing

-- Chone Figgins, move to 2b

-- Chone Figgins, move off 2b

-- Chone Figgins, move to leadoff

-- Chone Figgins, all future moves (maybe he'll ask to hit from both sides of the plate in the same at-bat; or wear bermuda shorts as part of his basic uniform; or be served High Tea between innings by bat boys wearing tuxedos -- who knows)

-- Casper Wells (yes, I think so . . . acquired at 26)

-- various and sundry bullpen arms

Infrastructure:

-- Draft picks (Ackley, Franklin, Seager, Catricala, Paxton, Walker, Hultzen)

-- Stockpiling prospects (Carp, Vargas, Smoak, Ruffin, F-Mart, Chiang, Montero, Jaso)

-- International signings (Pimentel, Castillo, Choi, M.Peguero)

-- Conditioning program

-- Instruction on the way up the ladder

Point being: don't sweat all the "superstructure" moves!  They're "window dressing."  They keep the traffic flowing while the new eight-lane expressway is being built; but they aren't the expressway, they're the detour.  Engineer Z has a good design for the overall plan, even if his choice of "detours" isn't always the best.

Reading the tea leaves:

-- The one 3b prospect that arguably could stick in the majors on Day 1 (Seager) they don't view as the answer there (they, probably correctly, view his value as highest as a middle IF)

-- They like Catricala, Liddi and F-Mart, but none of the three are ready for the beginning of 2012, and all three (right now) have flaws that would keep them from being an every-day MLB 3b (Cat--defense; Liddi--contact; F-Mart--power)

-- So they need a stopgap; Guillen can't do it every day (or maybe not any day, we'll see)

-- Figgins is on the payroll, so tell him to put up or shut up.  If he succeeds, you move him Bedard-like when the next guy's ready.  If he flops, you plug in Seager as your stopgap (which is what you'd have to do anyway).

It's obviously a questionable move, but (unless you're a huge fan of Seager-at-3b-as-long-term-answer) it doesn't seem all that distressing, as long as he's on a short leash.