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I like this line of thinking but I would say one way or the other we probably need two new outfielders. I wouldn't forgo Stanton completely, but I have to think real hard before I give up Taijuan Walker for him. Choo is a possibility for an overpay and Beltran would be great, though I suspect he'll re-up with St. Louis. I like Stefen Romero, but he'll need to force his way into the conversation with his play the rest of the year and in spring training. I worry a little bit that he loses AB's to players like Tenbrink. But, I expect him to be the guy next year that bounces back and forth between Tacoma and Seattle.
One avenue might be to look around for talented players hiding in 4th and 5th outfielder roles for other teams.
I mentioned Nick Castellanos earlier. I really hope Jack is in on those conversations. Wilhelmsen probably doesn't do it at this point given his recent performance, but Perez+ might.
For 2014, I hope Jack or whoever understands that we can't have Smoak/Morse/Morales/Ibanez. We can probably keep two of those guys, maybe three, but taking up four roster spots to fill 1B and DH just doesn't work very well and Ibanez or Morse in the outfield shouldn't be an option, especially with a young pitching staff taking up the BOR.