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Phillips should be the CF. Whit will probably be at 2B or possibly traded. 3B Kelvin Gutierrez that we got for Herrera is playing well, so there's a chance he could make it up at some point next year and be at third. But remember Cuthbert is only 25. There are plenty of cases of guys not figuring it out until 26 or 27, especially with the Royals. Moose got sent to the minor leagues when he was 25 and people thought he was a bust.
I wouldn't expect .500 baseball... but I also think some of these people saying the Royals have nothing to look forward to for 5-6 years isn't quite right either. A lot of these young guys coming up will be here in a couple years, so at least we'll have guys to watch. The real trick will be fixing the bullpen. This year's team is no doubt horrible but we'd probably have a decent lead over the Orioles if we weren't sabotaging every other lead we do get with guys like Boyer and Maurer.
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