I think you're being trapped by the dangers of drawing absolute conclusions based on a small sample size. You can have widespread performances that are above or below expectations, but over the longer-term (i.e., a full season), those usually dissipate and revert to the mean (career averages). The 'mediocre guys' aren't even performing at a 'mediocre' level for the most part, which wouldn't continue over a 162 game season, and there will probably be some reversion to the mean even in a 60-game schedule. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how'd you enjoy the play? Our depth is guys like Sogard, Smoak, Gyorko, Gamel, and Mathias. How is this considered good depth. Any team that is expected to contend can bring guys like this up from the minors. As for Yelich great we have him signed long term but if we are going to surround him with a bunch of journeymen whats the use. I find it hard to believe that anyone would think we had anything other than a terrible offseason. One other thing regarding Yelich; we had him signed for this season and two more so signing him into his late 30s was probably not the smart thing to do as we are seeing with Braun.