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I am having an ongoing discussion with SABRMatt at MarinerCentral on the need to add many more runs scored for 2010 in order to compete with the prospective playoff teams, ~200 runs more in my view.  If 3B and C are set with Tui and Moore, then the team is limited where it can add offense.  Can we resonably expect Tui to put up more than our 2009 3B composite?  I am not counting on any more from Moore than our C composite, though it can only go up.  So what is the most you can get for ~$30M at SS, LF, and maybe DH?  So Dunn is worth +35 runs over replacement level?  So how much is that over Saunders/ Wlad/Langerhans/Chavez in LF? or over Griffey/Sweeney at DH?  Scutaro scored 100 runs and drove in 48 other guys?  Ichiro scores 20+ more runs for free if there are actually bats at #2 and #4 in the order.
So tell me what is possible/reasonable to expect.  I know what i want to see, but maybe this isn't possible while developing too many prospects at the same time.  They all have to hit it big in 2010.  If we don't add enough runs, then maybe I need to lower my expectations.