Mahone...
I agree 100% with your post. Regarding Johnson, I don't think it's that big of a surprise. As far as we know, nobody was really after Johnson, he was happy to get $12 million and he and his agent probably think he's going to have a good year and get more. I'm down on Johnson for many reasons, as I posted about previously.
I'm also against offering Zeller a long term extension, as I posted about in a Zeller thread, but no harm is done by Danny feeling these guys out and seeing where their heads are at. I don't think any one of the 3 is on this team long term.