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The M's have earned peoples ill will, on this you will get no argument from me. I am also lukewarm on the Morse for Jaso deal and likely wouldn't have pulled the trigger. Nonetheless, I see a significant difference between this off season and many in the past.
JZ will clearly spend big bucks or sacrifice big talent for what he sees as special players (Josh Hamilton and Justin Upton were not risk free by any means, but they both have special talent. They were both concensus number one picks overall).
JZ will not spend big bucks or sacrifice big talent for good players. Unlike in the past, we haven't traded Asdrubal Cabrera like talent for band-aids and we haven't spent real money (though not top dollar) on Jarrod Washburn or Chone Figgins.
JZ will work very hard to distribute the talent on the roster to make a more functional team. This is the essence of current off-season. Have better talent in the minors at catcher and pitcher than you do at bat first positions like DH, 1B, LF, and RF? Exchange Jaso and Vargas for Morse and Morales.