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that there is a subtext, every single move, "hey they're doing it our way!  They're geniuses!" :- )
I dunno what you think CA, but I don't see this admin as particularly doing it the cyber-Seattle way at all. 
This trade is a case-in-point.  The admin just as frequently uses tools scouting and intuition to choose its players.  It departs from $/WAR paradigms as circumstances warrant.  It acquires players with chemistry in view.  etc.
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And there are a number of attempts to pound square pegs into round holes:  the Bedard trade was anti-sabermetric based on Adam Jones' projected ML totals, but the Lee trade was sabermetric based on Aumont's and Ramirez' super-low minor league values...
I can understand the desire to identify with the winning.  When it becomes a day-in, day-out syndrome, it can get a bit wearisome.