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You would think that you would want to deploy your funds into areas you do not currently have covered in the minors.  No sense signing an expensive 2B for 2011 if you have Dustin Ackley in AAA, right?
So using funds on positions of need while stuffing the roster with cheap pre-arb players at positions of farm strength seems like a decent way to deploy ALL your resources.  So shall we talk about what we can reasonably expect to surface through the minors for the next 3 years?
 
2013 Options
 
Nick Franklin
SS
Vinnie Catricala
3B/LF
Stephen Pryor
RP
Erasmo Ramirez
SP/RP
Andy Carraway
SP/RP
James Paxton
SP
Danny Hultzen
SP
Alex Liddi
3B/LF
Mauricio Robles
SP/RP
 
 
2014 options
 
Francisco Martinez
3B
Chih-Hsien Chiang
OF
Brad Miller
SS/2B/3B
Tyler Burgoon
RP
Matt Bischoff
RP
Wily Kesler
RP
Taijuan Walker
SP
Brandon Maurer
RP
 
 
2015 options
 
Cam Hobson
RP
Matt Capps
SP/RP
Jose Campos
SP
Jonathan Arias
RP
Jack Marder
C
Castillo
OF
G. Pimentel
OF
E. Peguero
SS/2B/3B
Mike McGee
CF
Steve Proscia
3B
John Hicks
C
 
 
Positions listed
 
C
2
CF
1
Corner OF
3 to 5
1B
0
2B
2
SS
1-3
3B
3-6
Relief pitcher
9 to 13
Starting pitcher
4 to 8
 
 
Positions taken, first 20 rounds, 2011 draft
C
5
CF
4
1B
0 (signed)
 
 
If I WANTED to sign a free agent to a long-term deal without blocking anyone currently in my system, the position I would sign would be 1B.  
The next add would be CF, since only Mike McGee is listed and we took a lot of high school kids in the recent draft for that position.
Then would be catcher.
 
 
Which is why my offseason plan has been Fielder for first base, and find a way to ditch Guti in CF (for Span, perhaps) and adding a catcher (done, with Jaso here).
I don't have much for those positions in the next 3 years being made available through the system.