Mercado/Johnson platoon in center until one of them either proves he can't hit or the other one blows up (meaning a .250/.720 line).
Luplow in left every day, Naylor in right (or vice versa), Bauers at first base. They sign two marginal starters in a depressed market to play short and second unless they get a young guy in the Lindor trade who is ready for the majors.
Cesar Hernandez finished third among all second basemen in WAR behind LeMahieu and Brandon Lowe. I doubt we'll be the high bidder. We'll probably sign somebody like Brad Miller and Freddy Galvis to play second and short for a year as a bridge to the future.
If they don't pick up Berto's option they save $5 million but they would have to pay Leon (or somebody like him) about $1 million to be the backup to Hedges, so the savings would be about $4 million. I have to believe the difference between Leon and the best defensive catcher in baseball who will hit 20+ home runs when healthy is worth $4 million, even to this franchise.
I'm not crazy about it but this is what I expect, or something similar. I'm bracing myself for the worst.