The schedule is favorable in the second half, they get Peralta back, and they're now letting almost everyone in the playoffs, which are a crapshoot. Season is alive by all means.
I'd argue a lot of pessimism is because the entertainment value of the roster just isn't there. Currently 14th in home attendance, the lowest since 2016, during a rebuild year. Other than a day Burnes is pitching, who would fans pay to see? I like watching Freddy pitch when he's healthy as well, but after that I'm out.
Take 2018, when you had an MVP Yelich, Braun, just signed and good Cain, Thames and Aguilar, Pina catching, Shaw hitting 30 homers. Who is on the roster now that's as fun to watch? The big signing was McCutchen, eight years too late. Adames' homers are kind of interesting, the .294 OBP is not.
I'm really hopeful for guys like Frelick, Weimer, Turang, Chourio. Feels like it would be more fun to have fewer wins but have some young home grown talent in the lineup rather than always searching for the next player in a position jam that another team is willing to part with.