The Diamondbacks will be hiring a new regime later this month. The first thing to look at is short and long term assets. The Diamondbacks window of contention was supposed to be 2017-2018, but that window looks to be closed, if not slammed shut. There’s no way to tell for sure whether or not the team will compete over those two years, although I’m doubtful for 2017. With a new regime 2017 will be more about figuring out what they have and what they can do moving forward.
The players I consider as part of the Diamondbacks young core are Paul Goldschmidt, Jake Lamb, AJ Pollock, Patrick Corbin, and Brandon Drury.