2009 Projected Line Up

C John Buck
1B Casey Kotchman
2B Alexi Ramirez
SS Bobby Crosby
3B Alex Gordon
OF Ryan Braun
OF Jay Bruce
OF Conor Jackson
UTIL Denard Span
UTIL Elijah Dukes
BN Billy Butler
BN Rocco Baldelli*
BN Kila Ka'aihue

SP Francisco Liriano
SP Ricky Nolasco
SP Dustin McGowan
RP Brad Ziegler
RP Jensen Lewis
P Dan Wheeler*
P Justin Duchscherer
P Gio González
BN Aaron Laffey
BN Jake Westbrook
BN Jared Burton
BN (empty)

Not projected to make roster

OF Cody Ross
RP Chad Durbin
SP Randy Wolf

Strengths- Youth, 1B, OF, and the #2 wavier.
Weaknesses- C, SS, Offensive Depth, Saves,Speed, and Injury prone SP.

AAOR-25.71

2009 Outlook- Its starting to look like all the moves are going to work. LoA made 24 trades this season, and has made 180 moves also. I expect this team to make a playoff push in 2009, and be a contender in 2010. 2009 Playoff chances 24%.

On trading block
*-2009 Free agent/Option year
AAOR- Average age on roster