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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
A fast mover means 2025 and like you, that's the EARLIEST I think this team might be even sneaking back to respectability.
And a lot of that may ride on the arm of Tink Hence and development of Masyn Winn/Jordan Walker. Because Goldschmidt (when he's inevitably foolishly extended) and likely even Arenado won't be guys that can carry the weight for a contender at that point, IMO.
Goldy will be too old and Nolan's swing is just so damn violent; I still think there are back issues in the making there.
I cannot for the life of me figure out how Mozeliak let this staff get to this. It's old, it's ineffective, it's expensive and there's no staying power to it whatsoever. But somehow, some way, Liberatore, Thompson, Hence, Hjerpe, McGreevy and Graceffo are going to have to form 3/5ths of a starting rotation in 2 years for this team to matter.
And by then, you could see a mid-season callup for someone like Davis in 2025 and if you continue to get development from Scott, you could see a pretty exciting pair out there by 2026.
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Just my opinion but I feel that they can only be realistic contenders in 25 if they trade Goldy for an arm and let Walker try 1st base at the big league level. The rotational prospects are not great and they need a young guy with team control to not just eat innings but win games too.