The Chicago White Sox have attempted to jump-start their rebuild (as they did last year by bidding on Manny Machado) and signed free-agent catcher Yasmani Grandal to the largest free-agent contract in franchise history and resigned long time first baseman Jose Abreu. The Sox have also been linked to other free agents, but most importantly, what they are doing is providing the Mariners with a road map to follow as his club enters year two of their re-imagining.
The White Sox went through a rebuild that was maybe more traditional than the one Dipoto wants to go through, but they have also been stockpiling talent in the Minor Leagues similar to what the Mariners did last year.