Shutitdown Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Possible Lineup 2014 - Ages Opening Day 2014 SS Hamilton 23 years old 3B Cozart 28 years old 1B Votto 30 years old 2B Phillips 32 years old RF Bruce 26 years old LF Ludwick 35 years old ( probably be someone else here ) CF Stubbs 29 years old C Mesoraco 25 years old Rotation SP Cueto 27 years old SP Chapman 25 years old SP Latos 26 years old SP Leake 26 years old SP Bailey 27 years old Closer Marshall 31 years old It is actually incredible when you look at it all on paper and how young this team is. I am very excited about this team and what the next 5-10 years have in store. Thank you Walt Jocketty...Well done sir!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westsider Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hamilton won't be ready that soon ... striking out 20+ percent of the time in Low-A ball last year is a sign he's going to need time to develop. Cozart won't hit enough to play third, and Ludwick will be lucky to keep a job this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shutitdown Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hamilton won't be ready that soon ... striking out 20+ percent of the time in Low-A ball last year is a sign he's going to need time to develop. Cozart won't hit enough to play third, and Ludwick will be lucky to keep a job this season. Cozart will be a 25 doubles, 5 triples , 12-15 HR's , 60-70 RBI type of guy IMO. Ludwick is on pace for 24 doubles, 24 HR's and 75 RBI's..I guess that is no good. This is also with only hitting .200 now. He will wind up around .260 as always. Keep staying negative I chose to be positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKMustangFan Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hamilton won't be ready that soon ... striking out 20+ percent of the time in Low-A ball last year is a sign he's going to need time to develop. Cozart won't hit enough to play third, and Ludwick will be lucky to keep a job this season. Hamilton is tearing the cover off the ball this season in High-A ball. To say he won't be ready 2 years from now is incredibly premature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ Living Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hamilton is tearing the cover off the ball this season in High-A ball. To say he won't be ready 2 years from now is incredibly premature. Imo they will look to get Hamilton in the lineup by 2014 if not sooner. I think he moves to AA really soon as they want to see if he can handle pitching at that level. If so he will be ready by 2014 as the pitching at AAA is not that much better than AA. At 160 lbs. look for him to add a little weight over the next 2 years to be able to handle the grind of 162 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ Living Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Possible Lineup 2014 - Ages Opening Day 2014 SS Hamilton 23 years old 3B Cozart 28 years old 1B Votto 30 years old 2B Phillips 32 years old RF Bruce 26 years old LF Ludwick 35 years old ( probably be someone else here ) CF Stubbs 29 years old C Mesoraco 25 years old Rotation SP Cueto 27 years old SP Chapman 25 years old SP Latos 26 years old SP Leake 26 years old SP Bailey 27 years old Closer Marshall 31 years old It is actually incredible when you look at it all on paper and how young this team is. I am very excited about this team and what the next 5-10 years have in store. Thank you Walt Jocketty...Well done sir!!!! [ATTACH=CONFIG]36418[/ATTACH] I think that Corcino could be the 5th starter by 2014 which would mean that Bailey or Leake could be gone maybe via trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westsider Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Cozart will be a 25 doubles, 5 triples , 12-15 HR's , 60-70 RBI type of guy IMO. Ludwick is on pace for 24 doubles, 24 HR's and 75 RBI's..I guess that is no good. This is also with only hitting .200 now. He will wind up around .260 as always. Keep staying negative I chose to be positive.It's not being negative ... it's being realistic. If Cozart duplicates his minor league production, he won't be much of a third baseman. His defense is fine at short ... as long as that stays the case, he'll be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westsider Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hamilton is tearing the cover off the ball this season in High-A ball. To say he won't be ready 2 years from now is incredibly premature.It's April ... the season ends in August. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKMustangFan Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 The one difference I would say from the original post is most likely Stubbs and Hamilton would be the CF and LF in some combination, and Didi will be the SS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmderringer10 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 It's not being negative ... it's being realistic. If Cozart duplicates his minor league production, he won't be much of a third baseman. His defense is fine at short ... as long as that stays the case, he'll be there. He'd produce more than they're getting out of Scott Rolen right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westsider Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 He'd produce more than they're getting out of Scott Rolen right now.Setting the bar low, are we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmderringer10 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Which means ... nothing that's relevant to my point. Rolen is pretty valuable to this team even without much offense. Why do 3B have to put up huge offensive numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westsider Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Rolen is pretty valuable to this team even without much offense. Why do 3B have to put up huge offensive numbers? Rolen since the start of the 2011 season: .230-7-44 in 322 AB ... .272 OBP, .382 SLP, .654 OPS That's not very valuable, even if his defense is Gold Glove caliber ... he's not producing anything offensively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkufan23 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 It actually appears that Henry Rodriguez the switch hitting third baseman would be a better candidate to play third...My Lineup would look like this...I believe that Stubbs will more than likely not be with the team if Hamilton progresses at the rate he is now...Gregorius is blocked and also looks to be a trade candidate depending on the production and health of both Cozart and Phillips by that time...I do believe that Corcino replaces either Leake or Bailey by that time as well... C-Mesoraco 1B-Votto 2B-Phillips 3B-Rodriguez SS-Cozart LF-Lutz/Soto CF-Hamilton RF-Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plantmanky Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Champman wont be a starter but rest looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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