Hmmm, next years team....starting pitching should be strong, especially if Manoah bounces back.
1. Gausman
2. Berrios
3. Kikuchi
4. Bassitt
5. Manoah
No depth though, too bad Tiedemann battled injuries this season. It'd be nice if he was busy f***ing up AAA hitters right now.
Bullpen should be stellar, as long as a whole bunch of arms don't regress. The only guy they're losing to free agency is Hicks, who they didn't have all year anyways, and he should/could be replaced by Green. Plus there is a s*** ton of depth in the upper minors now too.
1. Romano
2. Green
3. Swanson
4. Mayza
5. Richards
6. Garcia
7. Cabrera
8. Francis
9. Pearson
10. Danner
11. Pop
12. Zulueta
13. Cooke
14. Juenger
15. Burnette
16. Cimber (LOL)
17. White (LOLOL)
The defense will take a kick to the junk though if we lose KK, Merrifield and Chapman, which we most likely will.
Belt has been one of our better hitters (which is sad), so an already questionable offense may become even more stunted.
Kirk, Vladdy, Springer and Varsho could all improve things dramatically by remembering how to hit again.
Hopefully Schneider, Barger, Orelvis, Horwitz and Clement can factor in, in some positive way. Not all of them of course, but maybe a couple of them.
C - Kirk / Jansen
1B - Vladimir Hosmer
2B -
3B -
SS - Bo
LF -
CF - Varsho
RF - Springer
DH -
Bench - Biggio, Espinal
Lots of holes to fill and so many question marks with the position players.