PHOENIX -- When Rick Hahn told reporters last August that they would know what direction the franchise was going after his first couple of moves of the offseason, he appeared to keep his promise by trading Chris Sale and Adam Eaton in rapid succession at the Winter Meetings.
But quietly, Hahn had already made his intentions known when he hired Rick Renteria to manage, and put former minor league development staff Curt Hasler and Nick Capra -- previously his director of player development -- onto his major league coaching staff.
“In my mind it made it at least clear internally we’re going to have a younger team,” Hahn said Tuesday.