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Glad to see you brought it up. When I think of adding Lester, it's not with the idea of adding him to the current corps and keeping the unit intact; the entire reason I would add him would be so that I could trade one of the phenoms for a prime MOTO bat to pair with Cano for the next five years.
Obviously Stanton is the drool-worthy target, but there are others out there that could fit the criteria like Tulowitzki, Puig, Kemp, or possibly Jose Bautista (shorter term but bigger impact at a position of need than the others). Beyond those trade targets, free agency actually looks pretty reasonable this year for a #2 bat, doesn't it? Obviously there's V-MArt, but there's also Cruz, Cuddyer, Hanley Ramirez, and potentially Sandoval (I don't like him for this team, but Jack has tried to get him before, right?). I don't want to give up draft picks any more than the next person, but that really looks like a target-rich environment to my eye.
None of the FA players are slam-dunk MOTO mashers, but the great thing about this team is that the holes are so gaping all we need to do is plug a few mid-career Raul Ibanez types into the lineup where we're lacking and things will solidify tremendously.