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I'm Gollum on this one. It all depends on which of my split personalities is observing the trade.
I'm one of those who said you've got to import some solid veteran presence in the lineup, that it would help the kids develop. So Zduriencik goes out and gets Ibanez, Bay, Morales, and Morse. The trouble is, he got FOUR of 'em. And none of them can play defense, none can run the bases. I would have much preferred one veteran piece we would have for a few years who was a well-rounded player, someone who could lock up a postiion of need.
Apparently Jack was unable to get one one on his terms. Whether that is a testament to the difficulty of getting one, the lack of commitment to do so, some issue with the terms Jack had set, or Jack's lack of skill in both trading and roster construction, or some combination of 23 complex reasons, I don't know. All I know is it is 5 years into the Zduriencik regime and going into the season we cannot point to a single young position player that has demonstrated at the MLB level that he will be a cornerstone of a successful franchise.
So we've pieced together another season of waiting for young talent to assert itself, but in doing so we have blocked PT for any young players at DH, at 1B, and in LF. I wouldn't mind that if we could point to people manning those positions that we can count on as the future of the franchise, but we can't.