This is an extended rebuild, with the pool of minors still about 2-3 years away from contributing in a meaningful manner. I'm fine with them actually rebuilding, e.g., Sale for Grissom, rather than trying to piece together the bridge with overcommitting for B- level free agents like Trevor Story, or, in this case, Snell or Montgomery. I hope Breslow is saving his money for a guy who is left without a chair as we get to spring training, and for the mid-season acquisition of a FA to be, who they can then commit to with an extension. The position players are at least as decent as last year, with O'Neill substituted for Duval, a healthy Story bettering the crap at SS last year, and Grissom bettering the crap at 2B last year. A better year 2 from Yoshida will replace Verdugo's offense, and let's see where Abreu/Duran/Rafaela actual talent level lies.
For pitching, we've bettered the bullpen, which, in today's game, is key, especially if we have a weaker starting group.
I am not tied to any fan deadline of getting something in place by Fanfest, or even for the season start. As Marzano correctly said, with the expanded playoffs a team needs only be respectable by June. Where I initially thought Bloom would use the first couple of months to "fill out the team," (right Field 2021), he never did. Ant that was before getting to the later trade deadline, where, at that point, the team was failing, and he never sold.
So, I can wait for Breslow to pick the team up to May, without overpaying (in length of contract) for OK talent. But if it starts to drag without any movement, I'll start to become concerned.
TLDR, let's see how the starter market shakes out without overpaying for Snell/Montgomery/etc., and not have too much pressure even if season starts with gaps in rotation. Compared to the "rebuild" the past 4 years, of stopgap question-marks (Wacha/Kluber/Paxton), they are closer to the real prospects in the minors coming up (Teel/Mayer/Anthony) and possibly mid-season trade for Burnes/Cease or the like