Without a doubt, this is a young and promising Tampa Bay Rays team. The play of their rookies night in and night out represent the future of the team. Picture a starting lineup of nine rookies taking the field. Better yet, against the rough and tough Red Sox or Yankees. And winning.
The Rays are not far from being able to do this. The lineup could look something like this:
- Joey Wendle – LF
- Willy Adames – SS
- Jake Bauers – 1B
- Austin Meadows – CF
- Brandon Lowe – 2B
- Nathaniel Lowe – DH
- Christian Arroyo – 3B
- Kean Wong – RF
- Michael Perez – C
P – Ryan Yarbrough / Yonny Chirinos
Obviously, a couple of my selections are a bit of a stretch.