Are we trying to win?

If you were trying to get your team into the playoffs and your outfield was manned by players like Marlon Byrd, wouldn't you try to pick up a player like Matt Lawton? Fine, Lawton isn't the answer to all of our problems, but he's got an OPS about 170 points higher than Byrd's, and he's in the last year of his contract, so for about $1.5 million this year you could upgrade your outfield without incurring any long-term obligation. While we were sleeping, the Yankees picked up Lawton for not a lot. Has Jim Bowden thrown in the towel?