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I love Z's refusal to give in. I bet the suits LOVE it more than I do.
With such a strong farm, Z no longer has to work at plugging holes in the org with the likes of Chone Figgins, Branyan, Guti, or Beaven. He has built the floor and no longer has to worry about losing 90 games.
I looove his flexibility and his refusal to, for example, plug the gaping hole in the rotation after Vargas with a #4 demanding 4/52 or Dempster or Sanchez $.
Z's adroit drafts afford him the option to wait this long in the offseason for Saunders or whoever. I dig it. Nuts to Washburn/Bautista/H, Ramirez - those days are over.
Atlanta/St Louis with a 100-125 mil payroll? Sign me up!