I think a "tear down" for this team means to stop pretending that these 30ish+ role players are anything more than role players and get what you can for guys like Cahna, Daniel V, Pham, Escobar, Luis G, Megill, Peterson, Carrasco, the veteran LHP that hasn't pitched at the MLB level yet this season, most of the veteran bullpen guys...obviously guys like Alonso, Nimmo, Baty, Alvarez are likely core members for the next several years...and the $40+ mil pitchers hopefully have key seasons for the team next season... If you don't want to ride this out (You feel like the current team can still turn it around)and "have to " do something, this is the kind of logical approach I'd go with. I don't suggest pursuing the alternative given by one of my college professors as he was handing out the final. He said, "If you stick the knife between the second and third ribs and give it a twist as it's going in, you'll never feel a thing." It isn't that bad, YET. Later