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Surpluses and deficits.

There are too many middle infielders, and there will be a trade.

The 23-year-old could go in July or the winter. The 27-year-old could go, but in the winter only. The 22-year-old almost surely doesn’t go at all.

Not fun to think about, but one is going to go away and it’s going to improve some other area of the club significantly.

There are too many catchers, and before long one will be with another team.

Also unfortunate, in a way, but it’s far better than the opposite problem.

Ian Desmond and Mitch Moreland are probably moving on after 2016, two guys who are three months from their 31st birthday and five months from entertaining offers to land the longest-term contracts of their careers.