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I wasn't betting on Zunino as Carter going into '14, but was wondering if he had that kind of bat going down the line. For '14, find a guy who can get you home from 1B.
Were he not a bit fragile, I wouldn't sneer at us making a trade-runat Carlos Quentin with the Padrades. He's probably gettable and for $17M over the next two years pretty cheap (w/$3M buyout the following year...or #10M salary). And he actually hits righties a bit better than lefties over his career (slugs right at .500 against them).
He's principally a LF but can play RF.
If we've decided, as a team that Ackley and Saunders are 2/3 of an opening day OF AND we're keeping Smoak, then RF is the only sport for a cleanup hitter (assuming Morales stays).
Ackley/Saunders/Quentin w/Guti or Almonte at a 4th wouldn't be bad (if we're relly seeing a back-to-the-original Ackley). Much would depend on Guti's ability to play at a MLB level with this new diagnosis and his ability to resign for a lot less than his option.