Seattle plays in a weak division this year with two very poor teams in Texas and Oakland. They have a top rotation and an incredible bullpen. The offense will be inconsistent but will still hit alot of balls hard and score enough runs to win 85+ games.
Wrong. In the AL, if you don't score 750+ runs, you will not win 85+ games Jake. This is the worst lineup (offense + defense) in the entire AL, yet somehow you are backing them to contend for the division. They have a 750 OPS DH and horrible defense.
You say they win 85+ games. Let's say, for argument's sake, that they win 86. At that rate, they will need to outscore their opponents by about 50 runs. What are you projecting for their RS/ RA? This ought to be good. I'll go with 710 Runs Scored and 750 Given up, for a record of 77-85.
Also, Felix and Bedard will NOT combine for 380+ Innings. Put that in stone. Both players are injury prone.
2004 25
BAL AL 6 10 27 26 0 0 0 0 137.3 149 83 70 13 71 121 7 7 633 1 2 4.59 4.59 100 1.602
2005 26
BAL AL 6 8 24 24 0 0 0 0 141.7 139 66 63 10 57 125 5 4 606 1 1 4.00 4.32 108 1.384
2006 27
BAL AL 15 11 33 33 0 0 0 0 196.3 196 92 82 16 69 171 5 6 844 0 0 3.76 4.56 121 1.350
2007 28
BAL AL 13 5 28 28 1 1 0 0 182.0 141 66 64 19 57 221 5 3 733 0 0 3.16 4.61 146 1.088
2006 20
SEA AL 12 14 31 31 2 1 0 0 191.0 195 105 96 23 60 176 6 11 816 2 0 4.52 4.43 98 1.335
2007 21
SEA AL 14 7 30 30 1 1 0 0 190.3 209 88 83 20 53 165 3 7 808 4 1 3.92 4.33 110 1.377
</pre>Further, Bedard is an extreme flyball pitcher and is going to have serious problems with Ibanez and Wilkerson manning the corners.