Maybe Epplers whole point this offseason was to get guys explicitly for the purpose of trading them. You look at this line up, and here we are with only 2 injuries, significant injuries true enough, but just 2 injuries. It’s hard for me to take the idea that they were “comfortable” with their line up seriously.
I mean, that’s a way to rapidly rebuild. The dodgers have done similar. It hasn’t happened at the major league level yet, but the Angels have rapidly rebuilt.