Mike Elias said it would be some rough years and he wasn't lying lol.
Truth is there not putting any resources into the ML team yet.
They have the #1 farm system according to baseball pipeline and baseball america has them at # 2. This doesn't guarantee winning in the future but if they can hit on some prospects and supplement with FA signing they can become a respectable team fairly quickly.
They have the # 1 position player prospect in all of baseball with Adly Ruestchman(catcher) and the number #1 pitching prospect with Grayson Rodriguez.
The losing stinks but Elias is doing what he said he was going to do.