Haymakers Land Myers - Looking to the Future

Troy NY:  The Haymakers were busy early on in the 2015 draft this season.  They made a number of picks that would be useful in the future and hopefully would be trade-able chips to bring future talent to the team.  On Saturday Troy was able to make use of some of those trade-able chips to land what hopefully will be a major part of the future of the team.  They traded recent pickups Michael Morse and Pat Neshek along with Phil Hughes and a round 6 pick in 2016 for Wil Myers, Bartolo Colon, Latroy Hawkins and a 2016 round 4 pick.  It is clear that the team was high on the 2013 top 5 prospect Wil Myers who has a boatload of potential with the bat.  In 2012, Myers hit .314 with 37 homeruns between AA-AAA, and in 2013 he his a combined .290 with 27 homeruns between AAA and the Tampa Rays.  Although he had a down year in 2014 and missed time due to fractured right wrist, he is still only 24 and has a big spot to play in the deep outfield in San Diego.
   The Haymakers are hoping that Myers and recent second overall pick George Springer can help anchor a lineup that will be dominated by former first round picks and young talent.  The team also has Yeonis Cespedes and is high on A.J. Pollock.  That leaves four players to fill 3 outfield spots, and that does not even include fan favorite Josh Hamilton, who has been through some hard times recently.
    "We have a whole lot of young talent on our team right now," said GM Ken Anderson, "our plan is to let everyone get out there and let the pieces fall in to place for 2016.  It seems the only players that have jobs locked in are Sandoval and Hosmer.  Our team is going to be a challenge to win games this year, but we are already looking to the future."
    Troy recently had their fan appreciation day, and a number of players showed up to show their appreciation to the fans.  There was even a crazy hair challenge, where the players got to show off their wild mugs.  The winner was AJ Pollock, who rather controversially wore a bubble gum bucket on his head. Here are a few of the candidates: