I think you might have missed the main point of the article if you still think that was the goal. I know you believe he is doing it the Atros way but I sure hope tanking for five years to get one magical sub 90 win wild card season before going back to sucksville again isn't the plan. I read the article but the team will need to be on the 25 year rebuilding plan if the main tool is adding Villar, Carter, and Junior which are the only Stearns added players who have done much. The team is worse than last year -on pace for 66 wins - and the farm system has under performed. Yes it's too early to give Stearns a grade but based off the non draft tools it sure isn't great. The team may be performing worse, but the goal wasn't to lose as many games as possible. That's basically what the article is saying. If you don't want to believe that, fine, but getting the number 1 pick doesn't guarantee success. Picking guys up off waivers and making trades does. That's exactly what Stearns did with the resources he had. Hit on a few, or miss on a few. He didn't go Major League and purposely build a crappy team.