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All things being equal, a bonking C who can filed is a much harder find than a LH HR hitting 1B.  However, if  Smoak is the real deal, then you have a 30 HR guy for the next 10 years, if you're willing to re-up him at some point.
Smoak and Saunders are certainly guys who pencil out to potential 30 HR's. (Although Saunders extreme split...he's hitting .097 vs. lefties with a .345 OPS may mean he needs a RH platoon.) Mike Wilson and Halman happen to be smashing RH hitters...a nice marriage to Saunders that Earl Weaver of Gil Hodges would love.  By the way, Wilson is outslugging Halman in AAA this year.  I don't know what has happened to Bradley...but Wilson needs to be up now and swinging vs. LHP.  He's 27...either he's a late bloomer or he's a AAAA guy.  Let's find out...soon.
Guti and Lopez are  still young.  Ackley will be up in then next year.That's a  bunch of young guys.  A fine lineup to build around.
And  I wonder if Z is influenced( Montero-wise) by the fact that all his best pitchers have LOVED to throw to R. Johnson.  If you can fill in hitters in the rest of the lineup then asuperb receiver, ala tim McCarver can be usable in a line-up.
Z has obviously decided to go young.....minus Ichiro and figgins in the lineup.  Good for him, but let's quit fooling around and see Wilson and Ackley, as well.
Go team.  Youth can be a very exciting thing.  But you need to use it to make it exciting.