1
They've said several times they would rather use the FA market, and keep their young players. (Among other things, Z is *proud* of his young talent.)
At the moment I'm pretty pessimistic that VMart will be available. Hopefully one of youse guys can counter me.
........
It might even be more likely that the M's pay James Shields or Jon Lester than that they give up quality talent for a bat. Spot on.