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Sandy...thos emid-90s Braves are a good example of the closest a modern team has ever come to assembling a defensive juggernaut model.  It bears repeating that the 1969-1973 Orioles were also in that style...with very similar problems on offense (Mark Belanger played every day and struggled to hit an empty .240. :) ).
I do think my nuymerical evidence is solid that pitching is about 55% of run prevention...not less as you suggest...however, I am on the extreme low end of the sabermetric envelope for pitching vs. defense breakdown and my defensive analysis gives a lot more weight to fielding than WAR or anything else out there.
The Mariners of 2010 are a great test of my theory  Because their pitching is only going to be plus plus if they get 120+ innings out of Bedard and 150+ out of RRS.  Any other outcome relies very heavily on fielding.