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Beltre never has returned to his Dodger walk-year inflated production. Then again, many never did once MLB started testing for juice. Hmmm, the balls must have been deadened at the same time, right? Beltre put up basically his career average numbers while with Seattle and never met MOTO bat expectations. However, along with his spectacular glove and arm, he gave solid value. In Boston and Texas, he was more suited for hitting there, and the numbers show it.
Sexson was younger than Delgado by a couple years (and still is), though he aged much faster. As a lefty, Delgado was a better fit for the park and would have been the right signing, but we're talking free agency. He wasn't compelled to come here, and Sexson was PNW-grown. Even so, Sexson was fine for a couple years. There was just nothing behind him among the kids, so when Sexson fell off the aging cliff, the team did as well.
On Johjima, he was one of the only glimmers of light at catcher since Dan Wilson, at least with a bat. You are absolutely correct regarding his extension, though I don't know if that can be blamed on the GM. That may rest with ownership, as it was otherwise inexplicable. Again, there was nothing behind him, and that blame falls on the GM.
As for Lopez, he had a solid 10 WAR MLB-TM career. He wasn't a glove 2B, and he didn't have the bat for 3B. What, you were expecting Ryne Sandberg? It's wrong for any GM to bet on a 15-20 year HOF career.