IBC

Lineup:
LF - Brandon Nimmo - 251/348/419 (+116 | 3.5 WAR)
CF - Cedrick Mullins - 240/308/401 (+102 | 2.5 WAR)
3B - Jose Ramirez - 270/342/495 (+135 | 4.8 WAR)
SS - Bobby Witt Jr - 288/343/517 (+137 | 5.6 WAR)
RF - Tyler O'Neill - 249/333/481 (+122 | 2.8 WAR)
DH - Nolan Jones - 261/353/434 (+103 | 2.0 WR)
C - Salvador Perez - 262/314/452 (+112 | 2.2 WAR)
2B - Jorge Polanco - 228/309/390 (+103 |1.3 WAR)
1B - Drew Ehrhard - 241/315/470 (+113 | 0.4 WAR)


Bench:
C - Victor Caratini - 234/310/349 (+87 | 1.0 WAR)
OF/3B - Davis Schneider - 219/319/408 (+105 | 2.0 WAR)
OF - Manuel Margot - 265/318/386 (+91 | 0.2 WAR)
1B/DH - Keston Hiura - 234/307/433 (+105 | 0.6 WAR)
2B - Javier Baez - 231/275/365 (+80 | 0.6 WAR)
UTIL - Jose Iglesias - 260/299/358 (+86 | 0.8 WAR)
3B - Ezekiel Duran - 247/291/398 (+93 | 1.3 WAR)
DH - Nick Castellanos - 258/308/428 (+103 | 0.2 WR)
RF - Jesse Winkler - 239/353/382 (+109 | 1.0 WAR)
OF - Bryan Torres - 273/336/337 (+90 | 1.1 WAR)
OF - John Rave - 238/311/376 (+94 | 1.1 WAR)

Rotation:
Seth Lugo - 3.81era (+112 | 2.4 WAR)
Brandon Sproat - 4.27era (+95 | 1.0 WAR)
Yusei Kikuchi - 4.09era (+102 | 2.0 WAR)
Cody Poteet - 3.88era (+100 | 0.8 WAR)
Scott Alexander - 3.92era (+105 | 0.4 WAR)

Bryce Elder - 4.16era (+98 | 1.7 WAR)
Tylor Megill - 4.37era (+93 | 1.0 WAR)
Christian Scott - 4.19era (+97 | 0.9 WAR)
John Means - 4.10era (+97 | 0.7 WAR)

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Pen:
CL - Tanner Scott - 2.92era (+? | 1.1 WAR)
MR - Phil Maton - 4.24era (+96 | 0.1 WAR)
MR - Kendall Graveman - 3.61era (+114 | 0.4 WAR)
MR - Yuki Matsui - 3.69era (+109 | 0.3 WAR)
MR - Reed Garrett - 3.71era (+109 | 0.4 WAR)
MR - Trevor Richards - 4.66era (+89 | 0.0 WAR)
MR - Kyle Finnegan - 4.12era (+99 | 0.3 WAR)
MR - Brandon Hughes - 4.47era (+93 | 0.0 WAR)
MR - Luis Guerrero - 4.40era (+95 | 0.1 WAR)
MR - Huascar Brazoban - 4.17era (+97 | 0.1 WAR)

Farm:
------arms------

SP - Clavin Ziegler - no projection
SP - Jack Wenninger - no projection
SP - Hiro Wyatt - no projection


--------bats-------
OF- Nick Morabito - 228/302/296 (+71 | 0.3 WAR)
1B - Ryan Clifford - 199/305/355 (+87 | -0.2WAR)
SS - Jesus Baez - 209/262/340 (+69 | 0.4 WAR)
2B/SS - Andrew Navigato - 242/300/394 (+95 | 1.4 WAR)
3B/SS - Blaze Alexander - 226/299/338 (+82 | 0.9 WAR)

2007 Draft - Colorado Rockies
Matt Harvey-P - 2007 #78 pick (didn't sign)
Neftali Soto-3B - 2007 #80 pick
Jess Todd-P - 2007 #97 pick
Dylan Owen-P - 2007 #102 pick
Nick Fellman-P - 2007 #123 pick
Jose Mojica-P - 2007 #147 pick

2008 Draft - Colorado Rockies
Yonder Alonso-1B - 2008 #8 pick
Tyler Chatwood-SP - 2008 #39 pick
Santo Franco-SP - 2008 #81 pick
Rashun Dixon-OF - 2008 #83 pick
Josh Satin-3B - 2008 #99 pick

2009 Draft:
Mike Leake- SP - 2009 #13 pick
Rex Brothers- P - 2009 #33 pick
Timothy Wheeler-OF - 2009 #38 pick
Slade Heathcott-CF - 2009 #43 pick
Maxwell Walla-1B - 2009 #46 pick
Rich Poythress-1B - 2009 #79 pick

2010 Draft:
Yasmani Grandal-C - 2010 #11 pick
Sammy Solis-LHP - 2010 #41 pick
Cory Vaughn-OF - 2010 #71 pick
Cito Culver-SS - 2010 #101 pick
Chevy Clarke-OF - 2010 #131 pick

2011 Draft:
Josh Bell-RF - 2011 #12 pick
Larry Greene-1B - 2011 #64 pick
Anthony Cingrani-SP - 2011 #88 pick
B.A. Vollmuth-3B - 2011 #102 pick
Tony Zych-RP - 2011 #132 pick

2012 Draft:
Gavin Cecchini-SS - 2012 #27 pick
Pierce Johnson-SP - 2012 #44 pick
Jake Thompson-SP - 2012#74 pick
Martin Agosta-SP - 2012 #88 pick
Peter O'Brien-C - 2012 #104 pick
Mitch Nay-3B - 2012 #134 pick

2013 Draft:
Dominic Smith-1B - 2013 #10 pick
Austin Wilson-OF - 2013 #40 pick
Victor Caratini-C - 2013 #45 pick
Drew Ward-3B - 2013 #70 pick
Sam Moll-SP - 2013 #100 pick
Jen-Ho Tseng-SP - 2013 #130 pick

2014 Draft:
Aaron Nola-SP - 2014 #10 pick
Luis Ortiz-SP - 2014 #40
Ordisamer Despaigne-SP - 2014 #70
Daniel Carbonell-OF - 2014 #100
Brett Graves-SP - 2014 #130

2015 Draft:
Brendan Rodgers, SS - 2015 #2 pick
Cornelius Randolph, OF - 2015 #19 pick
Ashe Russell, SP - 2015 #32 pick
Mike Nikorak, SP - 2015 #47 pick
Donnie Dewees, 2B - 2015 #62 pick
Austin Smith, SP - 2015 #92 pick
David Thompson, 3B - 2015 #122 pick

2016 Draft:
AJ Puk-SP #7
Nolan Jones-3B #37
Cionel Perez-SP #67
Brett Cumberland-C #124
Anibal Sierra-SS #127

2017 Draft
Keston Hiura-2B #10
Austin Beck-OF #24
Sam Carlson-SP #36
Mark Vientos-3B #66
Makita Kazuhisa-RP #96
Matthew Whatley-C #126

2018 Draft
Alex Bohm-3B #6
Ryan Rolison-SP #36
Josh Sowers-OF #66
Sandy Gaston-P #90
Griffin Conine-OF #96
#126 - PASSED

2019 Draft
Bobby Witt JR-SS #3
Blake Watson-SP #33 (traded) for Matt Allan #23 pick
Isiah Campbell-SP #93
Alec Marsh-SP #113
Marcus Smith-OF #123

2020 Draft
Garrett Mitchell-OF #19
Jordan Westburg-SS #49
Christian Roa-SP #109
Sammy Infante-SS #139

2021 Draft
Ethan Wilson-OF #46
Connor Norby-2B #50
Cesar Prieto-2B #76 (traded to DET)
Clavin Ziegler-SP #106
Russell Smith-P #136

2022 Draft
Kumar Rocker-SP #20
Nick Morabito-SS #140

2023 Draft
#74 - Yuki Matsui-RP
#136 - Hiro Wyatt-SP

2024 Draft
#80 - Owen Hall - SP
#110 - Kevin Bazzell, C
#140 - Nathan Dohm, SP
#150 - Jakob Christian, OF
Khadim Diaw, C

All projections in -

Probably a couple of arms short for 2018 and one more year of development for a few hitters - but definitely not a feeder/farm team for contenders anymore.

All projections in -

Still a team that is a year away - but will be more competitive.

Highlights:
Jose Ramirez continues to be one of the best position players in the game at premium spots
Brendan Rodgers continues his development and should be a solid contributor
Luke Voit convinced ZiPS his breakout was real
Alberto Mondesi may finally be turning the corner
Keston Hiura is developing faster than anticipated
Mitch Keller continues to knock on the door
Nolan Jones & Mark Vientos both took nice steps forward

Lowlights:
Derek Fisher continues to fail with minimum MLB opportunities
Dom Smith continues to look like a James Loney ceiling
JD Davis (see Fisher comment)
Fernando Romero is being fully converted to a reliever by the Twins despite having a decent rookie showing in the rotation
Jorge Mateo, the MLB is the other way

Wait and sees:
Puk, Kilome, Quintrall, Palumbo & Humphreys all have high ceilings and have all been delayed due to Tommy John - pushing my timeline back.
Amed Rosario finished strong, but what will he be in 2019?
Domingo Santana - a fluke year or can he still emerge as a solid regular?
AJ Reed - prospect fatigue. Has killed AAA three!!! straight years but still does not have a clear path in Houston unless he overtakes Yuli. At 25, it's time for a change of scenery unless he can push Tyler White out of DH - which may be tough to do.

In a perfect world, the hitting and pitching will all be ready at the same time - until then - this looks to be another development year.

After missing the playoffs by one game in 2020, going into 2021 with several MVP candidates on offense, depth on the bench and lots of RP options.

Main priority will be upgrading at SS & CF and adding to the rotation that leaves quite a bit to be desired.

If you have SP that you are going to be looking to move that isn't 34+ years old and you see something you like, let me know.