I am totally fine with Smith at 3rd base and Biggio - Espinal platoon at 2nd to start. Lets see what we have.
Take the spare $$$ and shore up the pen.
Any left over $$$ use it to acquire a player at the deadline.
A healthy Springer, and improved O from the catcher position will help offset the offense lost from Marcus S
We don't need to win games by +5, we need to win more of the 1 run games with a trusted BP.