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totally derailed this threads comments, back to the original point.
I completely agree with you Doc that the M's farm system has a plethora of interesting specs that gives JackyZ the ability to really do whatever he wants this off season, and I really don't think other GM's are cowering in fear of getting "fleeced" by Dr. Z, I mean GM's still trade with Beane and Epstein right?  It would be silly for a GM to limit his pool of possible trade partners by several teams just because he was afraid of getting out witted by them, in fact if I were an owner and caught wind that my GM was afraid of doing buisness with a certain other GM or two I would fire him on the spot!  
Now I am sure that there are GMs that make other GMs mad (not afraid, angry) for some reason of another, and therefore will have a harder time getting deals done, for example the Portland Trailblazers FO made a pretty bad marketing mistake last year when they threatened to sue any team that hired Darius Miles and play him 10 days just to screw with the Blazers insurance policy it had on Miles (which would no longer pay his salary if he played again, and thus the Blazers would have less salary cap room to play with in the off season, which all did happen).  This threatening email was leaked to the press of course, along with quotes from several GMs swearing to never work with Kevin Pritchard again, because of how offended they were.  Then of course the draft came around and all the high and might GM's that said they would never work with Kevin Prichard again saw that Paul Allens money and Pritchards talented players were still coveted and so of course Kevin Pritchard had his usual flurry of draft day action :)
I say all that to say, I wouldn't be worried that Jack Z will have trouble getting GMs to listen to any proposed deals :)