Here-in lies the problem with the Red Sox approach. Once you take the all-in approach, you either need to eat a "cliff" and rebuild or commit to throwing good money after bad. The Yankees did this for years, and while we still were good, it got increasingly more difficult and more expensive to stay competitive. The Yankees were able to do this because George didn't care about spending money. Well, George died, the Stein kids were more fiscally conservative and the Yankees had their "cliff" where they played exactly one playoff game over 4 seasons. Rewind to the end of 2015. The sox have now finished last for 2 consecutive years and have if not the best, one of the best farms in baseball. DD gets hired to "win now" and wrecks the farm yet improves the team. Eventually, you don't have the prospect capital to get cheaper talent via trades and you need to enter the FA realm to upgrade. If you hit and your deals are all magnificent, then you're set. If you don't hit on most of your deals, then you have to throw TONS of money to upgrade even just a little bit. This is where the sox are at. Your prospect capital is tapped. If you are to upgrade this offseason, you're going to have to pay a premium to a FA or you'll have to take back bad money for a non FA prime talent. DD hit on a few, but unfortunately for you guys, he didn't hit when it came to the offense. Now, you're left to rebuild a terrible offense with money alone in an offseason where premier offensive talent is light