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I might remind that back in 2007, when the mariners had a great bullpen, but a rotation with three meatballs and horrendous team defense, they beat pythag by a lot, and, at the time, I postulated that there were four statistical ways to do that...consistent offense, inconsistent rotation leading to misleading RD caused by blowout losses, great bullpen winning close games, great manager getting players who perform into high leverage situations.
The mariners' consistent rotation is probably not going to help them beat pythag...it helps them be consistent and build RD instead (which is the way I'd rather win :-) )...but I think they will be consistently sold/mediocre offensively, bring a great pen, and boast a top notch manager for leveraging his players