Originally Posted by
jacksonianmarch
No, that isn't the easiest solution. The easiest solution is to take everyone to camp and see how they look. If Tulo looks good, then wonderful. Run with him. If he looks like a 34 yr old shortstop coming off heel surgeries and runs like a dad, then cut him. His last healthy season was in 2016 and while his offense was pretty much average, his defense was stellar and his WAR was 3. If he hits .254 and swats 24 bombs, then he will be very useful. If he hits .240 with no power and no lateral quickness then he is done.
Aaron has a tough job per se, but it's more an embarrassment of riches. Our redundancy is great now. The one thing we did not address and I really thought this was a position of need, was our vulnerability against power righties. We returned Gardner, who is 35, and added Lemahieu, who doesn't hit righties well. This was one of the reasons why we did not beat the sox. Once Porcello and Eovaldi touched the rubber, we couldn't hit for shit. But look at our positional depth
C- Sanchez, Romine, Higashioka- if Sanchez is back to 2017 Sanchez, then he will dominate this position and the other two will spell him maybe 35 games in 2019
1B- Voit, Bird, Lemahieu, Andujar- Many options, one will stick
2B- Torres, Lemahieu, Tulowitzki (after Didi returns)
SS- Tulowitzki, Didi (May-June), Lemahieu, Torres
3B- Andujar, Lemahieu, Torres, Tulo
LF- Gardner, Stanton, Judge, Frasier, Ellsbury
CF- Hicks, Judge, Frasier, Ellsbury, Gardner
RF- Judge, Stanton, Frasier, Ellsbury
Admittedly, I don't think anyone will see Ellsbury this year, nor do I want to see him, but right now he is depth. The infield options are many.