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Are much more of a concern to Eric Wedge, than they are to me, playing Strat-O-Matic with the M's PECOTA cards. :- )
Take away Chone Figgins' job, go tell him he's part time, and, well.... that was obviously a big part of what destroyed the entire ballclub in 2010, Chone Figgins not liking his role.
And that was just his slot in the lineup, never mind his losing AB's.
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This is absolutely nothing against Zduriencik, but Pat Gillick had a way of avoiding hyper-selfish players. He'd shake their hands, look them in the eye, and if a Wakamatsu Situation was lurking, he'd step around it.
Not to knock Zduriencik for the Figgins signing. Figgins was like the #20 player in the game, a LH OBP player, a great glove, when he signed.
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