June 7, 200818 yr It'd be like Miguel Olivo with no arm. Off on a tanget.. don't be shocked if Olivo makes the all-star team. I would be. He's been playing well but has only caught 21 games and DH'd 13. Varitek is going to start, it seems. So, off the top of my head, Navarro and Mauer are both hitting better than Olivo. David Ortiz seems to be starting at DH, and Matsui would be his backup.
June 7, 200818 yr There is to much uncertainty because a lot of players will be traded off this team that will create depth at different slots. However, if you stay in house with what we have right now, and think they can afford about 5 'expensive' players (Hanley, Hermida, Uggla, A. Miller, and Johnson/Anibal, where these 5 could easily be $40 together and even if the rest of team is club controlled/early arbitration the price could quickly be around $55-60 in 2011), the best options the Marlins can probably still have under control in 2011 will be close to this: C - Rabelo/Hayes/Smith 1B - Morrison/Sanchez 2B - Uggla/Coghlan 3B - Coghlan/Uggla SS - Hanley LF - Raynor/Cousins/Burns CF - Maybin RF - Hermida B - Sanchez/Morrison, Raynor/Cousins/Burns, Rabelo/Hayes/Smith, Andino, Mitchell SP - Johnson/Anibal, A. Miller, Volstad, Tucker, West/Trahern/Thompson/Hernandez RP - Lindstrom/Owens, Sinkbiel, Cruz, Vanden Hurk, Winters, and the last 2 spots to the SP who don't get the 5 above and the emerging group of secondary pen prospects (Cyz, Leroux, Mobley, J. Delgado, H. Garcia, Marceaux, C. Martinez) Top 5 2012 Prospects - Dominguez (3B), Stanton (1B/LF), Skipworth ©, Correa (SP/Top Setup), Hickman (LF) Traded off team - Jacobs, Willingham, Olsen, Nolasco, Johnson/Anibal, Mitre, Gregg, J. Miller, Tank, Lindstrom/Owens, Kensing, Pinto, and probably some other P prospects. This should bring a nice haul and will probably change things dramatically at catcher, LF, and 3B. If Dan were to get traded and Coghlan inherits 2B, I'd expect a serious new SP prospect in there somewhere. The only problem I see is we still need a starting catcher for 2009-2011 (minimum), but everything else looks to have acceptable long-term talent and acceptable stopgaps when you think about the minor league pitching depth, Macpherson, the slew of AAAA outfielders, and the never ending Gonzo/Boone/Helms/Cody/Conine free agents that can be scooped up ever year on the cheap.
June 7, 200818 yr This exercise is pretty stupid. That said: C - outside organization 1B - Gaby Sanchez/Logan Morrison 2B - Chris Coghlan SS - Hanley Ramirez 3B - outside organization LF - outside organization CF - Cameron Maybin RF - Jeremy Hermida SP - Andrew Miller SP - Chris Volstad SP - Josh Johnson (IMO, Anibal Sanchez never throws more than 100 major league innings again in his career) SP - Sean West or Aaron Thompson SP - outside organization Closer - Ryan Tucker
June 8, 200818 yr Coghlan has being playign 3B this week. He did in college. He was only moved to 2B because of his lack of slugging potential. Moving him to 3B in Carolina is a strong indication to me they will be keeping Uggla for awhile (through arbitration), and Coghlan will start at 3B at least initially in the bigs once Cantu/Macpherson run their course.
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