Originally Posted by
Enscheff
And you would be correct. If you look at the other lineups posted, they all seem to follow the "8 out of 9" falsehood.
Ideally (and somewhat realistically), 5 years from now (opening day 2022) the lineup is:
2B Albies (25, Arb 2)
SS Swanson (28, in his walk year)
RF Acuna (24, Arb 1)
LF 2022's version of Matt Kemp
1B 35+ year old FA after Freeman signs somewhere else
3B Maitan (22, pre-Arb)
C Someone terrible
CF Pache (22, pre-Arb)
Util Demerritte
4th OFer Inciarte (31, walk year)
Rotation 3 of Newcomb/Fried/Allard/Anderson/Soroka plus 2 old FAs on short deals
Folty will be long gone by 2022
BP? Who knows, but rest assured it won't be anyone currently on the radar unless they are failed prospects like Touki, Sims, Newcomb, etc.