How would they be taking 2 steps forward in 2014? Syndergaard hasn't come up yet, d'Arnaud might be made of glass and hasn't proven anything, Hech didn't show anything with the bat last year, Alvarez still can't K anyone. They also seem to have trouble signing FA's, so I don't know if they'd be competing this year or next regardless of what they did. I'm not supporting all the moves but the reality is all of the players they traded could still be unimpressive players.