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Look back to the career of Felipe Alou and you see what I think Saunders can be. At times he had RBI totals, other years he led the league in runs. If you come up to a team with Mays, Cepeda, and McCovey, and are as talented as both Felipe was and Saunders is, you fit the talent into the lineup - and speed and power together ALWAYS fit. The problem is, the other hitters weren't there last season for Michael and the Ms. The Ms are doing it backwards; they've got Alou and need to add Stretch, Say-Hey, and Cha-Cha, or enough power to be equivalent.
I really expect Saunders to be, like Alou, that #5, 6, or 7 hitter that can score 90+ runs and drive in 80+, steal bases and take the extra base, and generally drive the pitcher to distraction, IF Montero, Morse, and Morales provide the major power, and Seager, Ackley, Zunino, et al, play the parts of Davenport, Kuenn, and Haller and get on base and hit enough XBH that pitchers can't relax.
If Smoak can put it together the way Michael did last year, then the Ms could have a championship-level lineup. Although no one is saying that Montero, Morse and Morales are in the same conversation as Mays and McCovey, by having multiple threats, the effect can be similar. And if either Seager or Ackley can hit ~.300/.360/.440, then that replaces either Davenport or Kuenn's production; if both, then it's comparable to the '62 Giants. Haller hit .260/.380/.510 in that, his first full season. Can Zunino do that in 300 PAs? And, finally, 2B & SS - Chuck Hiller and Jose Pagan on the 1962 Giants. Any OPS over .670 does it, particular since neither were great fielders - Ryan and Ackley are definitely better, Miller and Franklin are probably better, and Andino at least their equal.
So, hard as it may be to believe, the Ms aren't really that far off in pure talent (and if they could get Stanton, they're there). Turning talent into performance is another thing. But I am struck by the similarities in baseball savvy. Ackley, Seager, Zunino, Saunders, and Miller all seem to have that studied approach to the game that makes the most of their own talent and later on helps others do the same. Davenport, Kuenn, Hiller and Haller all later managed, as, of course, did Alou. Haller became a GM. Has JackZ been able to build the same kind of team? So, are the 2013 Ms the 1960 Giants (79-75) or the 1961 version (85-69). Is Felix ready to do his Dominican Dandy imitation (From '62-'69: 18-11, 25-8, 21-8, 22-13, 25-6, 14-10, 26-9, and 21-11)?