Through 2023.
Largely, this is a focus on career regular season value, due to time considerations. I'm doing this with the idea of a possible tournament, so I'm not just putting together the best 26 players, I'm trying to construct a roster. Every spot has a backup, 16 position players/10 pitchers. Making platoon considerations, each time has 2 dedicated closers, each bullpen has a lefty.
Starting Lineup v RH
C JT Realmuto
1B J.Conine
2B L.Castillo (SH)
SS H.Ramirez
3B M.Cabrera
LF C.Floyd (L)
CF C.Yelich
RF G.Stanton
DH G.Sheffield
Starting Lineup v LH
C JT Realmuto
1B J.Conine
2B D.Uggla
SS H.Ramirez
3B M.Cabrera
LF C.Yelich (LH)
CF M.Ozuna
RF G.Stanton
DH G.Sheffield
Reserves
C C.Johnson
1B D.Lee
SS M.Rojas
3B M.Lowell
CF J.Pierre (LH)
The top 16 in Fangraphs WAR are right here.
Rotation
J.Johnson
S.Alcantara
AJ Burnett
A.Sanchez
K.Brown
Bullpen
R.Nen
S.Cishek
D.Willis (L)
J.Beckett
J.Fernandez
The top 8 by B-Ref WAR and the two leaders in saves; Ricky Nolasco is very high in Fangraphs WAR, but has a Marlins ERA+ under 100, and I'm categorically excluding those pitchers. Willis is the only lefty on the staff and thats why he slides to the pen, given the roster construction rules.
