But if the thought process is that Turner could be a regular outfielder, would the rap about Daniel Murphy playing second and not having any power also apply to Justin? We don’t have any real power in the outfield other than the hope that Duda returns next season or Valdy proves he can hack it with the glove and can hit playing every day (since he is still an unproven commodity).

Every ballplayer who has a decent career in the majors has to start out as an unproven rookie and prove himself but it seems the Mets are counting on that too much from too many. It was done in Oakland a decade ago but this is the first season that approach has again shown success in six years. We are now seeing Pittsburgh starting to falter two years straight. Kansas City has been chosen to be a dark horse so many times and never came close to those high expectations.

Besides Oakland of a decade ago, Tampa Bay is the only other franchise to have had sustained success relatively quickly depending upon so many coming up within such a short time frame. Two out of thirty are tough odds to follow. Having a roster which combines youth, established players and a few veterans has usually worked out much, much better.