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2020 Prospect Opportunities — Diamondbacks

Today, we finally get to our last division, as we finish our series in the National League West to discuss potential opportunities for prospects to earn starting jobs at positions currently manned by a player at risk of losing his job if his poor play continues. We’ll begin with the Diamondbacks.

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Looking to Fill Your League or Join a League? Click Here! Summer 2020 Edition

In mid-February, I continued an annual tradition of posting our league matchmaker service, allowing you to comment detailing your league openings or the type of league you seek to join. The COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in the cancellation of your 2020 league season or you may be searching to replace an owner who has dropped out recently. Or perhaps you want to add another league to your slate. So I’m posting this again.

Welcome to the RotoGraphs Matchmaker Service! No, I cannot find you a date. However, we could hopefully facilitate the marriage of league owner with leagueless owner. If you are seeking an owner to fill your fantasy league or are the owner hoping to be seeked to join that unfilled league, this is your new home. In the comments, please advertise your league openings or your availability and desire to join a league. To make things easier, it would be helpful to include the details of the league you’re seeking to fill or prefer to join in the following format:

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2020 Prospect Opportunities — Reds

Today, we continue along in the National League Central to discuss potential opportunities for prospects to earn starting jobs at positions currently manned by a player at risk of losing his job if his poor play continues. We’ll move on with the Reds. The team benefits well from the addition of the DH, as it helps alleviate the logjam of outfielders and offers more playing time opportunities to players that deserve them.

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2020 Prospect Opportunities — Pirates

Today, we continue along in the National League Central to discuss potential opportunities for prospects to earn starting jobs at positions currently manned by a player at risk of losing his job if his poor play continues. We’ll move on with the Pirates. Projected for the sixth worst record in baseball, it’s not surprise that the team has multiple potential holes, which could possibly be filled by prospects.

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2020 Prospect Opportunities — Cubs

Today, we continue along in the National League Central to discuss potential opportunities for prospects to earn starting jobs at positions currently manned by a player at risk of losing his job if his poor play continues. We’ll move on with the Cubs.

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2020 Prospect Opportunities — Cardinals

Today, we continue along in the National League Central to discuss potential opportunities for prospects to earn starting jobs at positions currently manned by a player at risk of losing his job if his poor play continues. We’ll move on with the Cardinals. Though the team doesn’t include any standouts offensively, the lineup is deep with no easy outs. So really, the outfield is seemingly the only position in which a prospect might get an opportunity.

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2020 Prospect Opportunities — Brewers

Baseball is Back! Today, we move along to the National League Central to discuss potential opportunities for prospects to earn starting jobs at positions currently manned by a player at risk of losing his job if his poor play continues. We’ll start with the Brewers.

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2020 Prospect Opportunities — Phillies

Today, we finish up in the National League East division with the Phillies.

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2020 Prospect Opportunities — Nationals

Today, we continue along in the National League East division with the Nationals. The team has a real lack of quality prospects in the upper levels of the minors, so normally at-risk veterans have more job security than they really should. Their best prospect is already slated to be a starter, so there’s not much behind him.

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2020 Prospect Opportunities — Mets

Today, we continue along in the National League East division with the Mets. They are a tough team to expect any impact prospect performances from for two reasons. First, they just don’t have any real offensive prospects that have played at Triple-A, and I can’t imagine the team would be willing to jump a player up straight from Double-A. Actually, their entire farm system is just pretty bad, ranking near the bottom in all of baseball. Second, some of the hitters that would normally be at risk due to performance will simply not lose their job. Robinson Cano and his 1.3 projected WAR is one such example.

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