A few more thoughts...
1) I dont know, but I wonder if the present situation, with a flood of soon to be free agents, makes Rule Five acquisitions less likely. There are gonna be a lot of cheap players with track records that are much more likely to produce than any R5 flier.
2) No surprise that Naquin and Deshields have been jettisoned. Neither have much value and can easily be replaced with next to minimal cost.
3) With the recent acquisition of multiple SPs, all with ticking clocks, the cutting of JRod makes sense.
4) The sudden availability of Dahl is a surprise to me. The kid can hit, until 2020 always has, and was an elite prospect. Even with the usual Coors Field caveat, he is worth a hard look by a lot of teams. I hope the Indians are one of them.