One of the most notable patterns we've seen from Bloom is that nearly without exception (Schwarber) he brings in guys who at the time were considered above average at defense and/or versatile.
Year one it was Moreland, Plawecki, Peraza, Pillar and Verdugo. Verdugo was considered above average if he played left field.
Year two it was Hernandez, Marwin Gonzalez, Santana, Renfroe, Iglesias and he shipped out Chavis.
Year three it was Story, JBJ. and Refsnyder.
Duran marinated a lot longer than most of us wanted last season in AAA(myself included) and unsurprisingly Bloom knew more than us. I would guess that this pattern would continue if they were to look at cost controlled players because at least they have the floor of run prevention which the team has had a great deal of difficulty with and the pitching desperately needs. At some point they will have to expend some resources to get one without a noodle bat.
Once the shift is banned, range is going to be very important again. This may be part of the reason they are loading up on shortstops.