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I disagreed with it.  Not missed it.
I don't know how you can objectively look at some of the other lines and come to the conclusion that they performed within the expected range.  Kotchman is a career 95 OPS+ bat...a 101 in the years 2007-2009.  He's not a 70 OPS+ bat.  That's the same level of bust as Lopez.  And that's coming from a guy who PROJECTED Kotchman to have a significantly down year and lose his starting job!  Bradley's 80 was not predicted by anyone...NO ONE HERE said "I think Bradley will such so badly at the plate that he'll lose at bats to Michael Saunders."  Sorry, but that's BS and you know it.  Figgins' 84 is not within the normal ragnes either.  For a contact hitter to hit .254 is far from the normal ranges.  Just because the OPS+ numbers aren't a zillion points off doesn't mean it was in the expected range...Figgins, when not injured, has been reliable for a high batting average and OBP, neither of which he provided last year.  Gutierrez had a sucking-chest-wound-style death spiral in the middle of the season and hit well in April and September...his 87 OPS+ isn't that different from the career 93, but it's a LOT different than his previous-three-year OPS+ of 103.  So no...I didn't miss your point.  I rejected it.