I'd like to be able to agree with this, but I'll explain why I can't get there. We had an off season where we added no talent to the roster from the year before. We exchanged closers (a downgrade IMO). Many people felt that going into the season that we would need to be well conditioned and healthy throughout the season. It's hard for me to believe that we have improved on a 90 win season by adding nothing from outside the organization and by losing our closer, Ellsbury and Crawford to injury for huge chunks of the years. If you want also throw in under performance by Buchholz, the math just doesn't work for me. Just my opinion.