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+200 added runs is a pretty crazy target.  :- )   It isn't really necessary to pencil out 100 wins in order to fight for the pennant.
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Your broad point is compelling.  If you ossify 3B and C, it puts pressure on you to do a ton with just a coupla spots.  That's a very provocative observation.
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But the M's were .500 OPS-for-OPS and by the time you add +100 runs on either side of the ball, you're pencilling out close to 90 wins.  
--- THEN --- you have the upsides of Morrow, Snell, Tui, Bedard etc in your hip pocket.   This is a young, talented team.  Pencilling 88-90 wins and then angling for a couple of your blue-chippers to come through is great by me.
In Seattle we are used to Hargrove teams.  With those, your W's were capped on April 1.