Over a three year stretch from 2012 to 2014, Cleveland drafted three consecutive outfielders with their first round picks.
Those three young ball players — Tyler Naquin, Clint Frazier, and Bradley Zimmer, in order — would, in a perfect world where everything works out, be the outfield of the future. Zimmer with his five tools and spidery legs would patrol center, Naquin’s cannon arm would hold down right as he laced doubles around the park, and Frazier’s insane bat speed would turn into 75 extra-base hits a year in left. It was all laid out, a seamless design of the ideal outfield.