Projected 2024 Opening Day Lineups for MLB Teams Eliminated from Postseason
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1. 2B Nico Hoerner2. SS Dansby Swanson3. LF Ian Happ4. RF Seiya Suzuki5. DH Christopher Morel6. 1B Patrick Wisdom7. C Yan Gomes (assuming $6 million club option is exercised)8. 3B Nick Madrigal9. CF Pete Crow-Armstrong
Key Free Agents: 1B/OF Cody Bellinger, 3B Jeimer Candelario
Offseason Outlook: Cody Bellinger is likely headed for a nine-figure payday after hitting .307/.356/.525 with 26 home runs, 97 RBI, 20 steals and 4.4 WAR playing on a one-year, $17.5 million deal. Replacing that production in the middle of the lineup won’t be easy, but his inconsistency in the years prior to that rebound performance also makes paying him a risky move.