I don't think Dozier himself is the point of frustration, it's just difficult to be patient.
It also hurts to know that the Indians weren't close to the Astros or Red Sox, and that was before losing Brantley, Gomes, Miller, Allen, Donaldson, Encarnacion, and Alonso. I love Santana and I'm high on Bauers, but they clearly aren't as good as last year's team, which, again, wasn't near good enough to win it all.
It seems that instead of going all in to try to win it all, they're trying to go half way - be good enough to win the Central and maybe be decent a few years longer.
This comes with the backdrop of an All-Star Game that I'm worried they will botch (the lottery is pissing season ticket holders off already), a Fan Services team that is mostly awful, and the Browns taking back over as the primary option for fans buying tickets.
I'd argue the way to go is to go all in now and try to win a title over the next 2-3 years before Lindor walks. But it doesn't seem that's the plan. It also seems like we may look at 2016 with more and more regrets - it may have been the only chance with this group and starting pitchers in particular.