What a sad, long road this will be.
I don’t think this has to be long and miserable. Job one is to field a .500 club. Seems to me you could cobble that together with some older, short term vets. Maybe offer 2 year deals. Need a couple of average starting pitchers that can eat league average innings, maybe try again on a low cost power type bat to dh. Finally consider making one 3-4 year commitment to a corner outfield bat.
Gray, McKenzie, Corbin, average vet 1 and average vet 2. Cavelli in the wings. Go with something like:
- abrams, ss
- Garcia, 2b
- maneses, 1b
- keiboom / alu / utility type for 3rd
- ruiz
- Robles
- new dh
- an above average right fielder
Probably not 500 but more competitive.
