I think it's still pretty early to see that as the assumed outcome. Even in Free Agency you still have half of the Top 25 free agents still available, and half of this year's top FA were recently available or acquired at a lower cost than that so you can get 2023+ pieces below that line. There's lots of teams that have done little to nothing so far and plenty of time to reshape a roster that allows for more than one narrow path to getting better. This is exactly the problem. Teams like the Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies, etc haven't even opened up their wallets yet and half of the top 25 are already gone. So now you have to compete against some of the deepest pockets in the league with half of the inventory already gone.