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Not all of the players I listed would be on the big league roster right away.  And when you sign Branyan and Johnson, you tell them they're the starters at X position (Branyan at DH, Johnson at 1B)...that Griffey is around to give them days off when they need it, but that they're the go to guys.  As for Bedard and Harden...you tell Bedard you want to bring him along slowly to make sure that his recovery is as successful as possible for his own sake, and you tell Harden he's in the rotation all year right behind Felix.  If he gets hurt, you deal with that later...but the guys who get screwed if both Bedard and Harden are healthy at the same time are guys you don't care about much (Fister...I love ya buddy...but you're young...you've got lots of time to find a starting gig, Snell won't even be on the payroll after 2010 most likely, etc).
In other words, the players think your roster is something like:
Catchers:
Zaun
Moore / Johnson when he gets fully healthy and back into game shape can replace Moore and give Moore more AAA seasoning)
Infieldiners:
Johnson
Branyan
Lopez
Wilson
Tuiasosopo
Hall
Hannahan
Outfielders:
Saunders
Griffey
Gutierrez
Ichiro!
Rotation:
Hernandez
Harden
Rowland-Smith
Snell / Bedard (once healthy)
Morrow / Fister / Snell (once Bedard is healthy)
Bullpen:
Fister / Morrow
Silva
Petit / Varvaro / French / Vargas (fighting for that last bullpen slot with the rest in AAA waiting for someone to get hurt)
White
Kelley
Lowe
Aardsma
The roster looks plenty stable from the vantage point of all of the players involved.  If they stay healthy and play well...they will find playing time.  Meanwhile, you've got other guys waiting in case they don't.