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If you're GM Taro, are you giving up on 2012 yet?
Prince Fielder certainly doesn't make up 20-30 games' talent.
Are you giving up on 2013? I don't see how our offense outguns Texas' for 2013, do you? If we're 20-30 games back in talent right now, we can realistically attempt to close that offensive gap by what .... 5 games per year? PROVIDED we continue to get historical rotation performance.
... or, alternatively, are you re-thinking the question of whether we have to be the favorite before we fight?