its time to accept the fact that Vladdy is just not the body type to play 3rd. I mean who are we making the room for anyways an even fatter Tellez.
I rather have a 150 WRC first baseman year in and year out, then see him tear his achillies trying to track down a ground ball in the hole. Its just not going to happen. I am fine with Drury at third next year with Biggio and Bichette playing the middle infields. Nothing wrong with that. We should then get a veteran masher like Cruz or EE to DH
Essentially giving you a lineup that includes Bichette, Biggio, Vlad, Cruz/EE, Gurriel, and a bottom of the order that includes Jansen, Drury and Grichuk. You can then even have a really good defensive Center Fielder. This is a lineup you could compete with. We would be miles apart from competing on the pitching side but this is a lineup that could be top 5 in the majors.
Since I am dreaming on the pitching side, we need to get lucky with one of the starters. The 26 guys or so less Pearson, one of them needs to emerge as a middle of the rotation starter. We also need to hit on Pearson as a number two. Then conceivably, you can go to market and get another top starter and bottom of the rotation starter (Though you may have names pan out.) Prospects like Groshans, Pardinho, the catcher in Lansing should be in play to net us another starter. Its hard to imagine who it will be, but it has to be a front line starter, similar to what the Redsox did by acquiring Sale
Then you have a team again, that will compete for post season, assuming a good job is done filling out the bullpen.