Not true. AA could still sign Choo and Garza. Trade Rasmus for Bailey.
Go with Jose at 3B, Lawrie at 2B, Choo in RF, Gose in CF.
The other option (which can be left to the deadline) would be to trade players whose deals are up in a year two. That means Melky, Morrow, Janssen, Lind, Rasmus, Happ, Santos and Buehrle would all be shipped out. I don't know if you would call this strategy a rebuild, IMO it's just re-tooling with youth.