"Defense is important, but so is offense. We're going to have to score more runs than the other team, so that's a combination of pitching and offense," Alderson said. "So we're mindful of the importance of defense, and the importance of defense to pitching generally. But given the fact that we think we're going to have better pitching than most, it doesn't necessarily follow that we need to have more defense than most. So it's a balance."