1) They still got Dallas, and looking at the pitchers they passed on, the issue was not money, but the Sox not wanting them
2) The plan this year was always going to be to ride the young arms, developing them is the key to future contention. They weren't going to drop 50 mil on another 30+ year old SP just to force Reylo or Cease to the pen preseason
Grandal has nothing to do with it