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The only reason you don't try to keep both of those guys is if you have one or more young players who are obviously better than them at their positions. Which you don't.
Those two are legit bats, and they are in the primes of their careers. Morales gives you a tough AB every time, gets on base, hits tough pitchers, and Morse can hurt the opposition with a bomb at any time. The days of 'gimme outs' from the M's need to be over, now.
Same goes for Shoppach, really. You re-sign him unless Zunino comes up this year and is absolutely stellar. Otherwise, Shoppach-Zunino is the way to go for next year; you play the hot bat and let Zunino learn from a productive veteran backstop.
As far as MOTO of the future... The M's have gone after some guys in the not too distant past... Raben, Poythress... who was the big 1B guy they drafted but couldn't sign?... And the minor league masher from Boston who couldn't hit once he arrived here? .. They tried to get Hamilton, and Justin Upton... Did they go after Goldschmitt too? And they probably figured Smoak and/or Montero would grow in to a MOTO bat. It's not like they haven't been trying...
Turns out though, OPS'ing 1.000 is really hard to do.