The Outfield

Continuing on...

Left Field - Jose Tabata. This one's easy.

Center Field - Andrew McCutchen. Another gimme.

Right Field - Enough candidates that a healthy platoon arrangement would be great to get everyone some at bats while things sorted themselves out, but...all the best candidates hit left-handed. (Lastings Milledge is, at best, a fourth outfielder on a mediocre team.) Bowker has shown flashes, Presley is an intriguing player (though the Pirates really need a corner outfielder with some pop), and Brandon Moss drove in 96 runs for Indianapolis (though with pedestrian OBP/SLG/OPS numbers). Garrett Jones can't be left out of the mix. His not quite outstanding power numbers can be carried better in the outfield than at first, and he's not a bad outfielder. Aside from catcher, right field probably has the most questions, but also the most potential answers.