Originally Posted by
nsacpi
We will have a contending team in 2017. I agree with that. Nothing more nothing less. With a little luck it could do something special. With some bad luck it could have a losing record.
I do think there are quite a few question marks about whether we have solid 2-3 WAR players to complement Freeman and Simmons. At C and LF there are big question marks. Right now neither Maybin nor Jace Peterson are on track to be 2 WAR players this year. Neither is Markakis in spite of having a .344 BABIP. And he won't be getting better by 2017.
In the rotation, only Miller and Teheran will have generated over 2 WAR in a recent season. I'm optimistic about Wisler. Less so about the other young pitchers who have had a go in the rotation. So I would say we have 2 holes in the rotation.
So to me there are question marks at 2 of the starting pitcher spots, at catcher, second, third, left, center and right.