Ok I hope we get absolute studs and go off next year.

That said, "replacing" Kohler isn't what we need. We need to UPGRADE Kohler, who was one of the bottom 3 bats in the lineup. Similarly, just being able to lost a name of a guy on the roster doesn't mean we are OK at that position. Like Cupp may be great next year but he also may not be able to hit the ball and it's very unlikely he'll hit like Mershon. And who's going to replace Jordan or Hujsak?

There's a lot of time for Lemo to recruit the Portal, I'm not saying we WON'T get the guys we need. I'm saying there's a ton of ground to make up and "replacing" kohlers back isn't the win some seem to think it is