Yep. And the team has a .500 pythag currently (with Castro being as bad as he could ever dream of being). And there will be money to spend this offseason. But nope, contention next year is out of the question. If the team was at .500, they would be 11 games back in the NL Central (not exactly contending). As for Castro hitting well below what was expected, we have Scherhotlz, Sweeny, and Navarro producing much more than expected offensively and Feldman, Wood, and Gregg all pitching much better than expected. This really doesn't work like you think it does. Plus I like how you think a team should just go into firesale mode if they're not in first or second in a tough divison, regardless of their record.