I think the team should be noticeably better than last year. The big three factors that seemed to dog the team for most of the season were Soriano playing hurt (and thusly crappy), Soto playing hurt/fat/unlucky and Aramis missing so much time. It is no way a lock that issues of similar impact won't hit this team again this year, and given how "old" this team is it wouldn't be surprising if it did, but it seems like Soto has a shot of having a good bounce back year given how much more in shape is and how unlucky a lot of his slump was last year. Couple that with at least either Soriano or Aramis not having years like year and offensively they should be in decent shape. Nothing spectacular, but workable. In all I think it's a very average to maybe just above average team. It's baseball, so a team like this in a division like this has a shot. They've got a decent amount of appealing prospects for a critical trade before the deadline, so if they're in it and Ricketts is willing to potentially take on potentially a decent contract then stranger things have certainly happened.