DaDeacs
Dickie Hemric
I have been anticipating Kimbrel, Bryant, Rizzo and Baez are gone. It would allow Ross to play the balance of the season with the remaining players on an everyday basis. Happ, Ortega and Heyward from left to right. Duffy, Hoerner, Bote and Wisdom from third to first. Contreras and Chirinos behind the plate. Alcantara and Hermosillo in reserve with a couple more AAA players. Need a new closer but there are candidates unless the Hoyer does a housecleaning there as well.
Time to move on. The lack of quality prospects at AAA and AA is alarming but it's the price paid for six years of a "win now" approach. Fortunately, there are always second tier free agents available to acquire depth. Hoyer will have a clean sheet and money to work with.
Spent some time yesterday combining the performance of the present players over the past two seasons. The numbers are ugly and reflective of the lack of offense. I'm ready for new and different.
AA seems pretty loaded. Davis, Amaya, Marquez, Morel and Strumpf all at Tennesee have good shots of being solid pro players. AAA likely has some pitchers that could contribute - depending on what you qualify Steele, Abbott and Nance as. Also, Leeper and the other Cub in the Futures game, Rodriguez, will likely both have shots to be in the pen next year if not later this year.