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As terrible as Figgins was LAST year, he'd have to be a +2 WAR player the rest of the way to even be that 'bad' yet again (+1 WAR). Unless he suddently dips into Boonie's or Bonds' medicine cabinet, I just don't see that happening...
And as bad as Figgins has been THIS year (-1 WAR), the spaghetti we've thrown on the LF wall collectively has been TWICE as worthless as Figgins (-2 WAR).  Thing is, while I'd LOVE to land Beltran (O please O please O please...) even dipping into the supposedly deep pool of "freely available talent" (AKA replacement-level, 0 WAR players that you can get for Vince Faison types or a couple of packs of 1988 Topps baseball cards) would be a massive upgrade.  Get an average player that give you +1 WAR (pro-rated and offense-tilted) the rest of the way, and you could become a juggernaut.
Or at least gives the M's just enough offense to push them over the hump. And getting that player shouldn't require sacrificing Nick Franklin or Tai Walker at all. Indeed the M's can fix LF a lot easier than they can fix 3B. Even Halman should come back down to earth a bit offensively, so I wouldn't be too sad if he's the guy that loses PT to the new LF. Add some WAR to our 0 WAR DH (which actually is an upgrade from 2010), too, and that helps all the more.
Peguero, Carp, Mike Wilson and even Greg Halman aren't exactly prospects you 'block' by upgrading LF. It's something the M's should be able to do fairly easily and even if they can't do much about Figgins, fixing LF would help the M's even more anyway.
There's absolutely NO reason why they shouldn't...