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The core question is whether management primarily makes decisions based on organizational philosophy or primarily based on whether the move makes the team better. With regard to the 25 man roster, I think it is the latter that dominates. In aggregate, they think Kotchman will be a better, more reliable player in 2010 than Branyan. Will they be correct? I don't know, but they've made their call (I would speculate largely for health reasons, but what do I know?).
With regard to the draft and international free agents, I think organizational philosophy does become an important criteria. If they were pre-occupied with defense and grace on the field, why would they have drafted Poythress? And why would Z have drafted Braun and Fielder while in Milwaukee? Investing top resources in a LF and 1B is not traditional draft strategy.