I agree with you. I think if you add a better/younger DH and you move Varsho to CF and get a better bat than KK to play LF then it can potentially be a good offense. Still got the Springer and Kirk problem though. But personally i would refrain to evaluate players atm cause there might be a little bit of the team has given up going on. I mean Atkins pretty much did nothing this summer and everyone knew the team was not good enough so there might be a little bit of that in the beginning of the season the pitching and offense had. Not sure the players believe in the coaching staff either. The team on the bench looks like it has phased out.
- Schneider .803 ops - good leadoff hitter
- Gurrerro Jr. - .812 ops - fine #2 hitter
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- Jansen - .946 ops - above average #5 hitter. He's legit. I agree Kirk is a problem though.
- Bichette - .663 ops - Should bounce back to being at least an .800 ops hitter. That’s an elite #6 hitter. It becomes a problem when he hits 2-4. 5th or 6th is more ideal imo.
- Varsho .750 ops - Varsho around 7 seems to make sense. He is at least league average for the 7 spot. It's only a problem when he's batting in the top 5.
- Springer .570 ops - George is the biggest question mark but there's some hope he can figure it out. I'm sure he can bounce back to being a better then average #8 hitter.
- IKF - .721 ops - .721 is great for a #9 hitter. We also have Martinez playing 3B in the minors.
So really we just need an elite #3 and #4 hitter, which I get it, that might not be possible and if they have to rebuild, then it is what it is. If they can find a good #3 and #4 hitter, maybe it's a 1 year rebuild instead of a massive rebuild.
Pitching with Berrios, Manoah, Gausman, Bassit, Rodriguez, TIedeamann should be ok next year.