I've been thinking more about this, and I guess the most sensible "playing for the future" move they can make is to trade Victorino, not because they'd get anything worthwhile for him, but rather because it would force Farrell to play either Castillo or Bradley or both. And, okay, two months isn't a large sample size, but I think one or both of them up and playing well would do more to instill confidence that they can handle the job next year (perhaps in some sort of job-share system). And that might be the difference between throwing a bunch of money at Upton or Heyward or Gordon and spending that money elsewhere.