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Sandy,
I disagree with you on Fielder...and this is a big part of why. If you don't get guys when you ahve the chance...you might not get a comparably helpful chance for several additional years. Fielder may not be once in a lifetime..but he is certainly not an every-year kind of player. Pujols and Fielder are the only marquee free agents we've seen o the board in the last three years that had so high a downside...other big namers were rtiskier, older, and just as costly.
As for your scenarios...I agree with you that CF is our biggest problem...and third base is next. I even agree with you that I'd be almost as happy to see the Ms splurge on Wright as I would for Fielder. Because Wright solves a bigger hole and doesn't block anyone (Seager then becomes your supersub and still gets 300+ ABs backing up third and second, playing some short and left...and eventually he steals short while we wait for Franklin). But if you sign fielder...you need a bat at CF much less because Carp is your LF and is instantly a ++ bat. You can live with Guti and Wells sharing time (Guti whenn you need a glove more, Wells when you need a bat more). In the Fielder in, holes still exist, scenario, the solution would be trade some of that excess talent that is blocked by Fielder to someone for a MOOF (middle of the outfield...LOL)...and you don't have to spend money to do that.