the logic flaws i see here
Few expect those new members of the committee of closers to thrive in the next five months. And the likelihood of a significant addition to the group via trade is slim at this point.
This indicates we have and had no way to make a trade for significant help
And as far as Bowden "lowballing" Beimel. How is that on Bowden? What GM in history has ever lowballed someone on his own? Its all budget constraints (cough Lerners). Every GM wants to spend. Its not their money. Maybe the Lerners gave Rizzo another 500k to get Beimel...
Cheap Lerners fault as always