Position Players/DHs Still Here on Opening Day 2016???

[strumdatjag]

As I look at our position players, I wonder who will still be here in 2016:

Certain (95% Plus): Mauer (barring career ending injury, he's here)

Probable (65% Plus): Hicks, Arcia, Pinto (If they prove adequate or better, the team will find a place for them)

Flip the Coin (50/50): Dozier (could easily be traded or released and replaced by Rosario or Polanco or someone else)

Possibility (10% Plus): Plouffe (if he rediscovers his stroke, he could be DH, backup at first, third an OF or better), Florimon (he can field and that's worth something)

Unlikely (less than 5%): Escobar, Suzuki, Kubel (who knows, as a long-shot, Kubel permanently rediscovers his stroke and stays here into his mid-30s)

Forget it (less than 1%): Colabello, Willingham, Bartlett

[Linus]

Agree with all except Florimon and Escobar. My guess is that this is Florimon's last year as a starter and he doesn't profile that well as a bench guy.

 

On the other hand, Escobar is an excellent candidate to be a utility guy for the next several years - he can play all the positions well defensively and is a switch hitter.