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Umm... Snell, Morrow and French were part of the M's pitching staff.  It's not really fair to take out the guys that don't push the data forward.  It's like saying "The M's team defense would have been better without Yuniesky Betancourt."  It's obviously true, but he was indeed the SS for a big chunk of time this year so there is no removing him. 
If you're talking about next season, then that's fine.  Snell and Morrow are expected to improve, and French will hopefully be no where near the big league rotation.  But when talking about the team's ranking in 2009, I don't think it's fair to pick and choose.

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