That's hindsight though. I hated last offseason's moves as much or more than anybody for their shortsightedness but it did get them to be a reasonable team going into last season. I think ZIPs had them at 90 wins. Steamer too. And if you don't like projection systems, almost every talking head considered them at least contenders for the AL East preseason.
Once those mistakes were made, trading Bautista would have been tough.