Let's play a game

[Igoe4Mariners]

What players contributing to this year's team will be here in 2015, helping to contribute to what should the M's first competitive team in a while?

C/DH - Montero
1B - Smoak?
2B - Ackley
3B - Seager
OF - Saunders?

P - Noesi
P - Wilhelmsen
P - Pryor
P - Luetge


I'm iffy about Smoak and Saunders. I think Felix will be traded, believe it or not, with the big three making up the majority of the rotation. Franklin should take over SS. If everything goes as planned, Zunino should be up by then. Ichiro will be long gone. Vargas gone. Noesi stays as the fourth or fifth starter. Wilhelmsen as setup or closer. Guti's contract will be up and I don't see us resigning him. I have no clue who is going to make up the outfield. Free agents?

[JosephC]

Only Montero, Seager, and Felix. The rest of the team will go somewhere else.

[TellItToTheDA]

What players contributing to this year's team will be here in 2015, helping to contribute to what should the M's first competitive team in a while?

C/DH - Montero
1B - Smoak?
2B - Ackley
3B - Seager
OF - Saunders?

P - Noesi
P - Wilhelmsen
P - Pryor
P - Luetge


I'm iffy about Smoak and Saunders. I think Felix will be traded, believe it or not, with the big three making up the majority of the rotation. Franklin should take over SS. If everything goes as planned, Zunino should be up by then. Ichiro will be long gone. Vargas gone. Noesi stays as the fourth or fifth starter. Wilhelmsen as setup or closer. Guti's contract will be up and I don't see us resigning him. I have no clue who is going to make up the outfield. Free agents?

I actually agree with just about all of this, except for Felix, and I would actually swap Noesi with Erasmo Ramirez.

[clarknova]

DH - Montero
2B - Ackley
3B - Seager
OF - Saunders
C - Jaso

P - Felix
P - Noesi
P - Wilhelmsen
P - Pryor
P - Luetge
P - Furbush
P - Ramirez

As it stands right this minute, I've taken Smoak off the list. I hope I'm wrong. I added Jaso as he is under club control through the end of 2015 and is a decent back up. I see Montero as a full time DH by this point. Currently I see Saunders as part of the picture especially if Ichiro is replaced with a decent bat and we get a long term answer for CF. I'm surprised that I'm saying it, but he really seems to have turned a corner. I added Furbush and I could see Noesi in the pen, or possibly still in the rotation depending on whether or not he puts it together. Beavan will be pushed out by better talent. I see Felix re-signing.

[evergreenmachine]

Alternatively I will provide the 2015 western division champs lineup

Saunders (rf)
Guti (cf)
Montero (dh)
Wright (3b)
Smoak (1b)
Seager (ss)
Ackley (2b)
Wells (lf)
Jaso (c)

Felix (no way he is traded)
Lincecum
Paxton
Walker
Hultzen

Furbush
Erasmo
Lutge
Noesi
League
Wilhemsen

Manager
Jay Bunher