Or, they are at a different point in the rebuild, and the decisions are different. I don't know one way or the other, but this team is very different than those teams. Regardless of the causes, this team lacked talent for several years. They currently have quite a bit of hitting talent (and fielding), but are sorely lacking pitching talent. But saying that the team should have traded guys in the beginning of a rebuild, is very different than saying they should trade guys now (depending on where you think they are in the cycle).