I'm all for in-house solutions by riding the hot hand during the first 3.5 months of the season - e.g. promoting Hiura, Singleton, Toro during their hot streak, rather than waiting until after Singleton has connected on 7 homers in 17 games and acting surprised that he wasn't able to produce by the time they grudgingly got around to promoting him to MLB.
But to me, that period has passed. Now's the time to get serious and pony up for an impact bat, learning from the failures of 2014 (Morneau - why not Morneau?), 2020 (anyone, God help us) and 2022 (Merrifield at least, I beg you).
Even if a Hiura, Voit, Singleton, Almonte, Toro, Mathias, Alvarez, etc. is actually given the chance to play in MLB during a hot streak, they're all AAAA guys who can't be expected to perform at even replacement level when it really counts in late September and October, in my opinion.
Pay up Mr. Attanasio. Let's go!!!