Originally Posted by
Enscheff
This.
Add Olivera, someone like KJ to platoon with Gomes in LF (or move Olivera to LF and bring back Uribe for 3B), fix catcher somehow (AJ/CB might be worth a shot again next year), bring in a bargain MOR FA pitcher to replace Wood, add a piece or two to the BP, and I think this team is perfectly capable of getting over .500 and challenging for a playoff spot...or at least be in the conversation...especially while playing in the worst division in MLB.
A lineup/rotation of: Markakis, Maybin, Freeman, Olivera, KJ/Gomes/Uribe, catcher, Jace, Simmons and Miller, Teheran, FA, Wisler, someone
is good enough to have a chance to be a buyer at the 2016 trade deadline. It's also a roster that can be assembled without mortgaging much, if any, of the future.