2 years and 5 days ago I wrote a fanpost advocating for the team to embark on a rebuild. The article and the comments are worth a read to better assess the point of today’s article.
The team was coming off it’s 3rd straight losing season and hadn’t had a winning season since 2011. It was already evident that the farm system was not strong and not going to deliver enough talent to the major leagues to sustain a strong roster beyond the service time of the players they had hitting free agency in a couple of years.