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I hope to post more on this eventually, but as I see it:
Keep both Smith and Ruggs:
Lose Jones as backup CF and disruptive pinch runner; OR
Lose Bloomie as all-purpose sub and RH bat
Keep both Smith and Ruggs AND keep both Miller and Taylor:
Lose Jones CF/PR; AND
Lose Bloomie RH supersub
Implications:
Miller and/or Ackley could go to a Zobrist role, but:
Ack can't play SS or 3b, and Lloyd nixed CF for Ack too
Miller can play SS, 2b, 3b and while probably capable of all three OF spots he has zero pro experience at any of them (though we know Van Slyke super-impressed with his auditions)
Miller was good on bases in minors but not disruptive like Jones
Neither Miller nor Ack provides RH alternative as sub like Bloomie does (Bloomie is actually a decent RH bat)
Ruggs would be the backup CF (we don't know if that's OK with Lloyd & Van Slyke)
It will be an interesting puzzle to work through.