Sorry, didn't read the whole thread, was the Gentry for Santos deal something confirmed that could have actually been on the table or just speculation?
The contrast in the hit tool is quite evident. Pillar can make contact with anything, and as a result swings at stuff he shouldn't be, fouling off balls that are outside the strike zone.
Gose is the opposite, knows he can't contact as well so tries to be patient, but is inconsistent with it and ends up making weak contact in play on pitches that he just took for a ball twice
So you and I have the same roster except you have Kratz, I have Thole and you have Rogers in the rotation with Redmond in the pen, I have the reverse.
Save for injuries, there really aren't any surprises that could happen.
It's interesting, when the Yanks had their run of home grown stars, posada, Jeter, pettitte, they had many of the same talent development guys that are now with the Rays