Banking on your core players meeting projections isn’t a recipe for success??
You’re just as likely to acquire someone like Luis Robert and wind up having a disappointing 3 WAR season from them… nothing is guaranteed.
Im not exactly sure what you expect from this front office.
Bottom line IMO is they need to figure out why half the lineup underperformed and fix that. Something was very wrong with the approach/hitting process for a handful of our core guys. That is the only real way this team can improve, because trying to find an external player to put up a 4+ WAR season is unrealistic.