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Its hard to figure how you can blame Z.
Who saw Figgins declining so significantly? He looked like a solid signing at the time at reasonable terms.
Nobody could have predicted Gutierrez's collapse. He was a star signed under a bargain contract as recent as June 2010 and just completely broke down after the digestive issues struck.
Ichiro picked this year to decline. Nothing you can do about it and Z didn't sign him anyways.
Bradley is sort of on Z, but thats Bavasi's Carlos Silva signing to blame.
I suppose you could blame Aardsma and Wilson on Z, but thats stretching it. He could have aggressively shopped Aardsma and been more leary of Wilson's declining bat.