Just by looking at OPS+, I’ll admit some of the signings weren’t exactly exciting, but this team would easily be in playoff contention if theirs players just played to expectations. While Sogard, Holt, avi, and Smoak aren’t great, they were all about average Hitters last year. For them to be so bad this year was not something most people predicted. And Narvaez was well above average, so it’s tough to blame this season on Stearns, who was financially constrained as well. And it’s even tougher to make any long term judgements about his job from this season