As a supporter of the rebuild trades and disliker of the Markakis signing, I can respect some of the hybrid rebuild ideas mentioned in this thread. We would have had a nice 2015 team if we had kept either Heyward or JUp with the Markakis money, but still moved forward with most / all of the other trades. It's not a proposal I remember anyone championing over the winter, but it's a good one in hindsight. To be honest, that Kimbrel trade was such a big win for us that you can play out a number of different hindsight scenarios with that as a back-drop that veer more toward "win now" that I'd be comfortable with.
Back to reality, I'm just thankful the set of moves we did make has worked out as well as they have so far. Not perfect, but I'm happy.
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