Future Position Players

by zogger on Aug 7, 2011 2:04 PM EDT

If this season has shown us anything, it is that we still have major holes in our starting 8. Looking at the roster, I see only McCutchen and Walker being starters for sure. Alvarez will still start but the jury is out if he can become a starter. When Presley and Tababta come back, we will get to see if they can cut it. Everyone else is just a placeholder or a backup.

One other thing we have learned is that strong SP (and BP) can carry us pretty far. So if we can get our SP on tract, we can be competitive until the position players show up.

Lastly, we have learned that some of position players at AAA have value, but they don't look like anything special right now.

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Call it blind faith

but I still see Pedro as a future starter. He’s got a bad case of sophomore blues, but he’ll come around.

by BlindSquirrel on Aug 7, 2011 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

+1 dude, and rec’d…the way i read someone actually saying that sounded awesome

Thats what she said! - Michael Gary Scott

by C Shint on Aug 8, 2011 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Cutch, Tab, Presley/Jones (and Marte at Indy)
Walker, Ronny, Pedro, Doumit/Fort

I’m confident in 7 spots for next year. The bench is off to a nice start with Jones, Fort, and Wood while Pearce and Diaz are playing for spots for the next 7 weeks. NH needs to make a big and medium sized move for a 1B and SP in the off season to cement us as an 80 win team. By this time next year we will be stronger than ever once Sanchez, Marte, Curry, D’Arnaud and Mercer get some more seasoning.

by Mr. E on Aug 7, 2011 10:11 PM EDT reply actions