Me neither. Thome has made this team better, even with the loss of Rowand. The offense wasn't particularly good last year and it is good this year, significantly because of the addition of Thome. This team is slumping because of a poor bullpen and inconsistent starting pitching. Even though the offense is improved, they aren't going to average 6 runs per game. The offense won't usually be able to pick up the pitching. This team lives and dies (as it did last year) on pitching. If half of the rotation and most of the bullpen struggles over a stretch of games, then we're going to lose more games than we win over that stretch.
The only question is whether these pitching problems are a short-term slump or signs of a more serious problem for the season.