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Tacoma was near the bottom of the PCL in H/9 - (9.8 H/9).  I am perfectly willing to accept that "some" of Fister's Hits might be due to a poor defense.  But, let's look at the 4 pitchers for Tacoma in 2009 who actually threw 100 or more innings:
Andrew Baldwin - 9.6 - H/9; 6.1-K/9 - (the most obscure Baldwin brother :-)
Gaby Hernandez - 9.7 - H/9; 6.0-K/9
Chris Seddon - 9.6 - H/9; 5.5-K/9
Doug Fister - 11.2 - H/9; 6.7-K/9
Fister had the BEST K-rate - but allowed 1.5 more H/9 than the other starters. 
The PCL as a whole allowed 9.5 H/9.  Tacoma - as a team - was 0.3 worse than that.  Fister specifically was 1.7 worse than that.  That's still about a hit and half that really looks like credit/blame goes to Fister.
But, I could easily excuse the 11.2 as an abberation - except Fister was allowing 10.7 and 10.4 hits in AA.  While his control numbers spiked - his H/9 got WORSE. 
I'm referring to him as an 11-hit pitcher - not because he was "really" an 11 hit pitcher in AAA -- (though adjusting for the team 0.3, that would make him a 'legit' 10.9 AAA pitcher).  But, because the competition in the majors is HARDER.  He's giving up 10.4 hits per game for the entirety of his minor league career. 
While some players do improve performance after reaching the majors - the "normal" minors-to-major conversion charts expect players to perform slightly worse - because they are facing better overall competition. 
Okay - the PCL allows 9.5 hits per game - while the AL allows 9.2 (in 2009).  Perhaps calling him an 11-hit pitcher is overstating things.  But, since the competition is better in the majors, it could also be understating things. 
In the most egregiously forgiving conversion I can imagine - let's forgive Fister the 0.3 for PCL to AL *AND* the 0.3 for Tacoma compared to the PCL.  That would knock 0.6 off his AAA hits/9 -- putting him at 10.6 H/9 with Seattle. 
In any case, I see Fister pretty much allowing 1.5 more hits than his defensive context from the start of his pro career through today.  I think - in the midst of his career year, he got called up - and with an aggregate 8.4 H/9 defense - his skew was ONLY 0.9 above that (9.3 H/9) during 2009. 
My view is that the reality that he had his career WORST H/9 at precisely the time he was (by TTO methods) pitching the absolute best of his career -- that it is highly unlikely that he'll be able to sustain his 2009 success.  My view is that - once booked by the league - Fister could easily EXCEED 11 hits per game allowed. 
What's funny to me is that it's actually some things YOU have said in the past that opened my mind to the entire concept of the out-of-bounds players.  When HoRam and Weaver were getting pounded - you were at the forefront saying the defense wasn't actually as bad as the numbers, because Weaver and HoRam were serving up BP pitchers that just weren't making it over the fence. 
Eventually, I came to realize that when pitchers are below standard OR when they are injured, the McCracken rule ceases to apply.  There is a point at which pitchers DO become responsible for hits allowed instead of the defense.  I'm suggesting Fister is such a pitcher.  If I'm wrong - maybe he can become Washburn.  If I'm right - he might survive a year, posting a decent 200 innings - but when the teensiest drop occurs, his results become seriously ugly overnight, (like Silva).