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The one thing that seems glossed over in the obsession for run-prevention theory as a tool to marginalize another group of fans is this: There is a minimum standard of offensive competence needed in order to worry about how good your prevention abilities are to begin with.  The M's were below this line last year and a bunch of things worked in their favor to succeed despite it.  But note that the success was strictly in terms of having a winning season and they really weren't in the hunt for the playoffs.  They have added one solid piece, some below avg. pieces and one huge question mark (Bradley).  
Laws of diminishing returns are great to flex math skills, but in this case aren't based in reality.  Have the M's added 50 runs to the offense? I'd say on paper, no, and that's a problem.