Yeah for sure. Plus, the market was so down there were definitely deals to be had. A better SP instead of Richard, another late inning reliever, and an OF would have done wonders for the team instead of cheaping out on all three positions.
As for the vets we currently have that you mentioned in your previous post: I'd try like hell to extend Stroman and Giles on team friendly deals right now. Our rotation and bullpen suck and we don't have a ton in the pipeline. Plus, both guys are young enough that a 3 to 4 year extension should lock them up for their prime years and give us the chance to be decent while the Vlad, Bo, Jansen, Biggio, Pearson core enters into their prime. Smoak I could go either way. He's solid but he's entering his decline years and guys like him are pretty cheap in FA. That said, he probably doesn't net much in a trade anyway. He'd probably sign a 1 or 2 year extension for peanuts again after seeing this market.