Spring training may help a younger guy get noticed by some people who may not have seen them before. But overall, I think almost all of these guys have a pretty good idea where they are going before they arrive in Florida/Arizona.
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.