I agree, the offense is flawed in so many ways we should just suck it up and accept the fact they arent championship contendors this season. We need to either sign a front line FA MOTO or create a top 10 MOTO from within and then tinker with some other pieces to create a lineup top to bottom that can compete in the off season. The way we are now adding Ethier to this team for free wouldn't make them contendors. Didn't Dipoto pretty much admit to this when trading Kendrick for Heaney? It was a long term deal, the offense would take a hit, but the pitching would get deeper long term. So basically he sold the offense for the future, I don't see him selling the future for mediocre offense now, why would he change his stance all of a sudden?