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With the M's infield and rotation I'd always thought of the 70's Dodgers as the target, but had completely forgotten about the 80's Royals.
A lot of great Royals teams had Brett, a bunch of average-mediocre regulars, and great rotations, such as the 1985 champs -- a huge year from Brett, and basically everybody else hit 90-100 OPS+.
Very cool thought on Brett/White/flipped TJM. Not outlandish at all for Ackley to aim at having some seasons that could fit onto a Brett baseball card. I think it's the Brett target that's going to be the one to stick in my head for Ackley.