You know, for all the people that say defense is overrated, it's pretty clear that poor defense has definitely cost us a number of times already this year. The offense obviously isn't carrying its weight right now, but it won't continue to struggle like it has. In the meantime, its painful to watch them compound the problem by giving up outs on the basepaths because of being overaggressive in the wrong spots. While I'll be the last one to say defense is overrated, I also think it's a little unfair to rip the defense at this point. Yeah, they've been pretty shaky or downright bad at times, but the importance has been magnified (as others have noted) solely because the offense has been so horrid. If anybody was hitting, I suspect we wouldn't be quite so concerned.