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[QUOTE="FanInNC, post: 5171799, member: 13050"]
It does feel like McNeil could be a fringe all star and bat .315 with 15 homers next year - or bat .240 with 10 homers and feel like he’s the weakest guy in the line up.

OF Soto
OF Nimmo 
OF Siri/Taylor 
SS Lindor 
1B or 3B Vientos 
Remaining corner ???
2B McNeil 
C Alvarez
Dan Hurley Marte/Winker

If the open corner is 3rd I guess we are having open try outs between Acuna, Ronnie and Baty ?

One danger about this line up is assuming we get a repeat of 2024 Vientos. I mean I’m high on him and expect similar production, but it’s not a guarantee. Alvarez hit 20+ homers in less than a full season and then followed it up with barely hitting 10 playing an entire one. These guys are still young - heck we are just talking about McNeils ups and downs of his career, who knows what we get from Vientos this year.

Baty is in a similar spot Vientos was in last year at this point. Hard to see a real fit for him and has little to no trade value either at the moment. I wouldn’t totally give up on him, but it’s kinda time to make it happen if it’s going to.
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