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So I agree that adding +100 in run differential could put us in the hunt. That's not the same as +100 in RS, unless we hold our position in runs allowed. I fully expect that we may revert closer to the mean in that department, in which case the difference needs to be made up in offense. That puts us needing to add ~+180 in RS.
Sure we play in a pitcher's park, have a good defense, Felix is a stud, and we have other pitchers with upside. But we benefitted from Wash's best innings of 2009, and Bedard is damaged goods and can be a FA. We need some good things to happen for this to come together again for 2010.
I guess we'd better invest some of the offseason bucks to guarantee the good pitching outcome.