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The team will be focusing on what every OOTP owner does each spring: frantically playing people at new positions to increase their defensive versatility.
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Now that spring games are underway, there aren’t many free agents left to sign. They won’t be competitive in the division this year, though the Pirates’ ascendance means the Central will be a four-team race anyway. Luis Castillo hasn’t been traded, but that’s only because he’s currently injured, and the game doesn’t allow trades of injured players. In the offseason so far, they’ve traded Eugenio Suárez, Trevor Bauer (recently extended), Shogo Akiyama, Nick Castellanos, Brandon Nimmo (acquired as part of the Castellanos trade), Michael Lorenzen, Raisel Iglesias, and Sonny Gray. Here’s a rough guess at what the lineup will look like on Opening Day: Adding extra infield help means that he can shift to a 1B/DH role, as the NL will add a DH starting in 2021 in our league. Hiura, who signed an extension during the 2020 simulated season, benefits greatly from Kingery’s versatility. His versatility - he’ll play second and third in addition to moonlighting in the outfield and at short - gives us flexibility to build around our cornerstone pieces, Christian Yelich and Keston Hiura. On offense, the major change is the addition of Kingery. It’s always weird to see the strange paths that simulations go down, and Knebel being better than Williams certainly qualifies as strange after 2020. That leaves the bullpen relying on Corey Knebel (an 80-grade closer per my scout), Devin Williams (a 60 closer with the potential to hit 70), and a variety of depth bullpen pieces. That bullpen will be without the services of Josh Hader after I traded him to the Phillies in exchange for Scott Kingery and his delightful contract. I’ve been exploring trades out of this depth, but short of something bowling me over, I’m inclined to hold onto people until we can sort out who should start. There are only five starting spots, but between relievers and minor league options, we’ll have no trouble finding somewhere to put everyone even without any further moves. That’s eight passable starters, though Suter, Burnes, and Peralta can all moonlight as relievers as well.