^ I wouldn't give up anything. Based on where Dickey is now, and the fifth starter is Boyd. I wouldn't trade. I'd fire AA today, and sell off the vets for MLB ready pitching, build around Donaldson, Martin, Travis, Pillar, and Smoak.
EE should be traded so Smoak can play every day. We have him cheap and under control for two more years. If we can trade Bautista, Encarnacion, Buerleh, Estrada, Cola etc. and just get two young pitchers with the potentiol of being good starters, we can jumpstart the retooling.
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