Bloom barely spent anything, last winter. He spent much more, this winter, but he had so many holes in the 40 man roster that spending large and long on one guy would have meant leaving a few slots for guys like Springs, Payamps and Mazza. Plus, IMO, Bauer, Springer and Realmutto were not the blue chippers you go all out to get. Maybe none are available, next winter either, and I know you are not for just spending on the best available just for the sake of spending and getting a little better at the expense of the future.
Look at all the slots Bloom filled this winter with a relatively small spending budget:
Richards
Ottavino
E Hernandez
Renfroe
Gonzalez
Andriese
Cordero
Sawamura
Whitlock
Non 40 man:
F German
J Winckowski
C Koss
3 PTBNL (from KCR & NYM)
Last summer:
Pivetta
Seabold
Potts
Rosario
non 40 man:
Wallace
We can haggle over any one move or small group of moves, but with all the slots needed filling, with the spending budget given, I'm not sure we could have done all that much better.
Had we signed Odorizzi ($13M x 3) and JBJ ($9M x 2) and had to offset those signings elsewhere, we'd be left with several holes unfilled.