Just thinking of a Burnes/Bradish/Rodriguez top of the rotation sounds pretty dominant to me. Heck, it actually might be a Rodriguez/Burnes/Bradish 1-2-3.
After the top 4, I'm not really confident. Well, I'm not 100% confident with Cano, either. Kimbrell and the two lefties are the only two that I somewhat trust to be productive, if used in the right way. The rest of these guys are a crapshoot.
I don't know that he's "beloved" or that they just think they can still use him while he's relatively cheap. I don't know what good putting him at 2B is, other than that maybe they are looking at offers for Urias and want to see if he can play there.
Agreed. Spending money on a guy like Lorenzen seems like a bad idea to me. If you are going to make a move, make it a significant one...not something that doesn't move the needle.