If the new hitting coaches can get Schoop, Baez and Meadows back to their averages and then save Tork before he's completely broken, then the team is going to do a lot better right there.
They should go after Justin Turner. He's perfect for them. High OBP guy, still decent at 3rd, and even though he's 38, he still gets on base. He won't be looking for a long contract. I know they'd like to find a left-handed hitting infielder, but they just need to get someone competent at third. I don't think Clemens, Kreidler, Perez or Lupcius is the answer there, at least not right now.
The free agent list is weak this year and the ones at the top won't be coming here. The rest of them, I think, you'd have to look at guys with OBPs over .320 (maybe higher). That's what he said his priority was, understanding the strike zone. That's why Daz, Candy and the Castros are gone.
That 17-4, 2.14 season comeback- of-the-century year for Franklin Perez is going to be awesome, though.