Really, teams who have issues signing FA's should be active in the trade market and get players that way.
The 2012 swing by AA was an all timer, to get Beurhle, Jose Reyes and Josh Johnson + others.
They got 3 solid years of Beurhle, Reyes got flipped for Tulo, and Johnson hurt himself after the first year. Kick started that 2015 playoff run.
Given how supposedly connected Shapiro is, the only deal they've done this year is with his old team in Cleveland.
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