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I mean you could be right that Z would hesitate to complicate his roster...but then again...the Mariners used like 48 players in 2009 and won 85 games with an overwhelmingly positive clubhouse.  So maybe it's less of an issue with Wakamatzu managing?  Dunno how Z is going to see it.
Of course my plan kind of blows up re: Branyan and Johnson if the team decides instead to sign Jason Bay.  Bay and Griffey could share 99% of the DH at bats and Bay could play left field against tough lefties to spell Johnson (with Branyan DH'ing when he does and someone else playing first...perhaps Lopez).
Bay will probably cost more like 13 mil/year so signing Bay and Branyan would cost like 18.5 mil/year.  That would be about 4 million more expensive than my previous two-bats solution leaving less room for mid-season acquisitions but still doable.  The line-up in that case owuld go:
Ichiro! (RF)
Gutierrez (CF)
Branyan (1B)
Bay (DH)
Lopez (2B)
Zaun/Moore (C)
Tuiasosopo/Hall (3B)
Saunders/Hall/Griffey (LF)
Wilson (SS)