I’m almost completely sold on the 2025 rebuild and let Dana do what he does best and cash in on Framber, Tucker and Pressly trades on the offseason.
Those three should bring back a substantial haul of very near-MLB ready talent combined with some close to sure fire young MiLB prospects and possibly a lotto ticket or two.
hell, see if anyone will bite on Montero if we eat the contract in exchange of a low-A type lottery ticket.
play your cards right and you’re not much different, on paper, than the Tigers this year. And combined with playing in the AL West there should be a realistic chance of winning the division even without those three.
The gravy on top for all of us that have been along for this entire run is that it lowers the expectations. Call it loser /Mack Brown “too much winning is bad for you” talk if you want but I think I’d welcome a season of tuning in and just enjoying the games, not expecting us to win every single night and complaining when we’re x games out of first in late May.
The alternative (holding on to all 3, or moving them in late July) sets you back by 2-4 years probably instead of 1-2. And, if it doesn’t put you in good position to have one of the top 2 seeds, you’re in the exact same place as this year which nothing to show for it (except for maybe another Framber no-hitter and an extra year of Framber and Tucker jersey sales which means nothing ).
Trading those 3 is the fastest way I can think of re-supplying the farm system after the draft pick penalties and near decade of being buyers.