Back in 2008 ESPN put out there All-2012 Fantasy Roster, and they have put out these All-Future Fantasy teams almost every year since then. As a religious fantasy baseball player that has been in a keeper league for a decade, these projected teams put together have been what I’ve built my team around. Until this year, I can confidently say that there has never been a former NC State baseball player on one of these teams. In this years All-2019 team, there are two: Carlos Rodon and Trea Turner.
Carlos Rodon was listed as one of the starting pitchers on the All-2019 team along with 6 other pitchers. Here is what they had to say about Rodon.
Speaking of filthy breaking pitches, Cole’s slider, coupled with his mid-90s fastball and developing curveball and changeup, puts him right up there in the discussion of perennial Cy Young candidates. He’s already looking like one now, and there might be more strikeouts in his future; think perennial 200-plus totals with sub-3.00 ERAs. Rodon could be tossed into that same discussion, as his slider is even better than Cole’s. Should Rodon’s command come around as expected, he’ll be in the Cy Young conversation as well. (ESPN)
Carlos Correa and Dansby Swanson were listed as the two starting shortstops, and Trea Turner was one of 4 other shortstops listed as the “best of the rest.”
If ESPN’s projections are on point, then in a couple of years two former NC State baseball players should be two of the biggest faces in Major League Baseball.
