It just seems excessively whiny to pretend like we shouldn't be drastically better next year. With just the people we have controlled next year + prospects who should be ready, we could have a lineup of Alcantara CF Castro SS Rizzo 1B Bryant RF Baez 2B Valbuena/Villanueva/Maybe Olt figures out how to not suck 3B Castillo/Lopez replaces Baker as backup C Ruggiano/Lake/Kalish/slight possibility of Soler LF Bullpen options: Rondon, Rivero, Vizcaino, Strop, Ramirez, Grimm, Wright, Rosscup, Russell, Parker, Schlitter, Cabrera Rotation: Samardzija (or in reality, whoever we get in a trade), Wood, Arrieta, Jackson, Hendricks/possibly Johnson/Black/Pineyro/Edwards (maybe pitches 120 or so innings as a starter then goes to the bullpen or some crap like that) That's already a much better team, and then we'd have 50-60m to spend in FA + whatever we get for Hammel/excess prospects.