I understand the peripherals as well, and he has been lucky in concern of his RAR and FIP, I just like the RA9 values better over fWAR, I've been consistent in saying that. As for the offense I've been beating the production power drum for well into my 2nd year now. The offense last I saw was 11th in the league, our pitching has bled a lot of value, especially from the pen. The tail end of some of these contracts were kind of expected, but the farm has been ass for the most part and we're stuck in this expensive conundrum cause of it. FO has failed, I'm not throwing out pom poms for them, that's furthest from the truth, I wanted big change last off-season to no avail. They need to make this winter right, whomever is in charge.
ETA; That's just my take, and I believe we agree for the most part.