Starting in 2014 we had no pitching nothing in the Minors. You start with Pitching. DD moved Positional Prospects and our best Pitching Prospects, for Pitching, had to. No Pitching for a long time, in the Minors.
Now as we get another year into the season and next, these Pitchers will be Older. Still Nothing the Minors. Will these Older guys be effective as they get Older? Who knows? They are going to cost more.
You make your move now. Its bad, I know, but we painted ourselves in a corner.
Bad contracts, by previous GM, has us tapped out. We've been paying a huge Luxury Tax for years, but nobody has seen it. Contracts to Players that did nothing, to me is no Different then paying a Luxury Tax. Might as well pay for players that could win it. Prospects, and young players who have a future, wont have one, within 3 years. No Pitching. Simple.
Might as well go for it now, and suffer later. Its coming down to this. Not hard to see.
Only way around it is spend a lot again on FA's, and the circle continues.