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There was only one player who could have gotten the Ms off of Montero IMO, and that was Smoak.
As you say, he's a better park fit.  He's a plus 1B instead of a convert.  And he's further along. 
After this disastrous year Jack doesn't have 3 years to get it right.  Montero has another setback in AAA and Jack's goose is cooked.  Some other GM is gonna get to eat the pie he baked in trade.
I like Montero a little more...but only a little.  And the fact that we took what should be a .900 OPS bat from a rival that we have to catch in order to make the playoffs helps the equation.
By the end of the year Smoak is gonna be 500 ML at-bats ahead of Montero.  And Smoak is the only batter available that would have let us skip the waiting period on Montero without feeling much pain in the end.
I can't argue with Jack about this, especially since I think he got us 2 pitchers who will help as well.  The secondary pieces were no worse, and probably under-rated due to the strength of the Rangers system.
Jack pulled the elephant of the hat that we needed.
Now we just need to arrange the rest of our roster and play it.
~G