Naylor will most likely debut by 2022. He just played a full season at Lake County in 2019. This year is likely a Lynchburg/Akron year with 2021 being an Akron/Columbus year. Late '21 or early '22 seems like a likely ETA.
Rocchio and Valera are just a tad behind Naylor with both of them playing almost their entire seasons for Mahoning Valley. They'll likely debut at that approximate time as well, but I get what you mean about them being "ready".
I don't think he's banking on anything. Just saying that our books are set up in a way that most long-term money will be off the books by then allowing them to pay Lindor while surrounding him with a lineup riddled with pre-arb guys.
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Naylor will most likely debut by 2022. He just played a full season at Lake County in 2019. This year is likely a Lynchburg/Akron year with 2021 being an Akron/Columbus year. Late '21 or early '22 seems like a likely ETA.
Rocchio and Valera are just a tad behind Naylor with both of them playing almost their entire seasons for Mahoning Valley. They'll likely debut at that approximate time as well, but I get what you mean about them being "ready".
I don't think he's banking on anything. Just saying that our books are set up in a way that most long-term money will be off the books by then allowing them to pay Lindor while surrounding him with a lineup riddled with pre-arb guys.
I hear what you are saying but if these guys are not ready or do not pan out (which happens a lot) now you have what everyone fears, that one guy with the monster contract and a garbage team around him. I understand the thinking here and really hope they find some way to keep Lindor but given the fact Dolan doesn't seem to have an appetite for an aggressive payroll it is a huge risk.