Outfield:
- LF: Mark Trumbo
- CF: Austin Jackson
- RF: Jose Bautista
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Like him or hate him, Jose Bautista is still one of the best outfielders on the market. No, he is certainly not worth the 150 million dollars he valued himself at, but he is still a valuable asset. Him and Trumbo would provide a dynamic power duo, providing that they live up to the hype around them. As for Austin Jackson, he probably isn’t the third best outfielder available, but we need a true center fielder that can actually do decent in the field. With Trumbo and Bautista not being the best fielders, having someone who is somewhat credible is necessary.
Jackson didn’t have much time in 2016, only playing 54 games due to injury. Adding Jackson would certainly be a risk like many on this team, but has shown to be a decent player. Jackson could be a good lead off man or second spot hitter on this team that lacks any true speed anywhere else. If him and Darwin Barney could get on base like the past, they would both be good table setters atop the line up.
As for Bautista and Trumbo, they will certainly be within the middle of the lineup alongside Mike Napoli. None of the three men boast a good batting average, so it is hard to say who would bat where, but they would give a definitive power surge in the middle of the line up. Their lack of fielding would be made up with their bats, and could prove to be team leaders.
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Overall, this team is filled with veterans who are best suited as utility men, and risk takers. At this stage of free agency that is all that is really left. While together this unit may not be a formidable force in modern MLB, each one of these individuals could definitely fuel to a World Series push if put in the right situation.