Personally, I think with the glut of possibly ML-ready OF's in the organization that the M's would be better served by pursuing Chris Carter to bolster 1B depth. His bat and Trumbo's look comparable, though Trumbo is obviously a tick better productivity-wise. I just doubt that particular tick is worth the money difference, especially since we've already got Valencia in the fold and, limited though it may be, his defenseive stats in the OF aren't terrible according to Fangraphs. He's almost a year younger than Trumbo and I have to imagine he'll come a whale of a lot cheaper. Nelson Cruz I believed in before he signed his contract; Trumbo worries me in ways that Cruz never did.
That said, if 'Gar co-signed Trumbo as having made a legit change to his approach then I'd be moved over to the 'convinced' column.
I do love the flexibility required by JeDi to both 1) reverse a previous position on a player, and 2) pursue whatever paths to victory appear in spite of stated preferences. Dogmatism is difficult to battle, no more so than when that dogmatism is of your own creation and maintenance.