Opening Day Roster
by kcdc1 on Mar 12, 2010 6:12 PM EST
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There are a lot of names and options floating around out there for 25 spots. Most of the guys who make the cut will deserve to be there, but some likely won't, at least in the eyes of the RR faithful. And then, there will be some who should make it, but instead will start the year in AAA. Let's break it down by Make and Rightfully So, Benefits from Blind Management, and Daytoned. (I'm not actually very anti-Moore.)
Make and Rightfully So
1. Brayan Pena
2. Jason Kendall (overpaid, but the second-best cather makes the team)
3. Butler
4. Getz
5. Callaspo
6. DeJesus
7. Ankiel
8. Bloomquist (good to have a guy who can back up any position)
9. ZG
10. Banny
11. Meche
12. Hoch
13. Soria
14. Tejeda (whether as a starter or a reliever, he should make the team)
15. Davies (see above)
16. Cruz (one bad year isn't cause to cut in ST)
17. Farnsworth (mediocre and certainly overpaid, but won't be the worst player to make the team)
18. Osuna (Rule 5 makes it to start the year)
19. Lerew? (This is really the mandatory 1 LH pitcher in the bullpen. Don't know who it will be, but it will be someone unexciting.)
20. Rosa? (Need one more bullpen guy for 12-man pitching staff. Rosa seems to be an early frontrunner and would probably be a good choice.)
21. Fields (Royals lose him if he doesn't make the 25-man)
22. Pods (Need an OF. I don't really care between Pods and Maier, but it seems clear they'll go with Pods.)
Benefits from the Blind
23. Yuni
24. Guillen
Won't Make Club on Opening Day Due to Injury, but Will Quickly Return
25. Gordon
26. Aviles
Daytoned
Maier
Kila
Assuming I haven't missed anyone important, it looks like either Maier or Kila will have a chance to make the team for at least a few days without the Royals doing anything totally unexpected like cutting its losses with Guillen. Also, whoa--what did I do wrong? Assuming everyone's healthy, can the club really not carry Gordon and Aviles on the 25-man roster without cutting someone who's seemingly a lock to make the club? Osuna will have to really perform or he won't stick for long. There will probably be an extra roster spot of flexibility since we won't need the full 12-man pitching staff right away with everyone starting fresh and all the off-days they pepper into the start of the season, but this is going to be a tight squeeze for some pretty decent players. I'd like to see Dayton cut ties with Guillen ASAP and if Aviles shows he's healthy enough to play SS every day (which will take a while), it will be time to put Yuni through waivers and have him play in Omaha when he clears.
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Pitchers
I don’t think Lerew or Rosa make it right away. Here is the bullpen for me:
Soria
Cruz
Farnsworth
Tejeda (if he does not out pitch Davies, then he will be here — one of them will)
Colon
Osuna
A long relief/groundball guy (Thompson, maybe Dusty Hughes as a lefty).
Rosa is too much like the guys that they pay too much for already. I think he will come up, but it will take a trade of one of the other more expensive bullpen pieces in June or July.
Yeah
After Soria, Cruz, Farnsworth, Tejeda/Davies and Osuna, it’s kind of a shot in the dark who will be the last two bullpen guys. You know there will be a lefty, and you know there will be one more righty unless someone beats out all of Tejeda/Davies/Farnsworth for the final rotation slot. Hard to say who it will be, but numbers-wise, it’s not really important. I was more interested in looking at the roster crunch for Aviles, Maier and Kila.
That Crunch Should
Not exist. Hoagy, Yu-Bet and Sporqie all should go. There is no trade market for them due to their contracts, and playing them hurts the team. If Ankiel must play CF, at least put Mitch in RF. Podzilla is a passable 4th OF. The IF should be Gordon, Aviles, Callaspo and Butler. Pena and Kendall should split time.
A Kila/Fields DH combo leaves room for a 4th OF (Poddy or Anderson, probably Anderson because he Bats RH), and Getz as UI. It’s time to get over the Mariner castoffs and take our best shot at capturing Grass Creek. For good.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 12, 2010 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
Disagree
on the Mighty Quist like I said in my post, but yeah, Guillen and Yuni should be waived ASAP. It won’t happen before opening day tho. Aviles will have to show he’s healthy enough to play every day, and then Yuni will have to ride the bench with no playing time for a couple weeks before the club will decide he’s useless enough to pass through waivers. Guillen’s a different story. I think the club knows already that he’s useless, but they’re paying him so much that they just have to hold onto him until he proves that even in his contract year, he still offers no production. If Guillen is clearly washed up and his numbers are showing that in late May/early June, I’d expect to see the club release him if they have a better option. Both scenarios will take at least a month, probably more like 2 or 3 months.
I'm Not Saying
What will happen, but what should happen. Maybe Aviles and Gordon begin the year on the DL, but no way should either have to prove much to get the job when healthy. Hoagy needs to go to a team that needs whatever he is now (hard saying) for MLB minimum or whatever a team has to pay when idiots like us are paying him not to play.
Bloomers needs to go away because Getz is far younger and has way more potential. I’d put Aviles or Getz in LF in an emergency with no qualms. Hell, Pena, too, not to mention Fields. Any extended stretches of OF injury could easily be covered by Omaha. We’re not contendingf this year barring a miracle, and I think the kids are far more likely to be part of a miracle than the dead wood Moore has collected.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Mar 13, 2010 2:08 AM EST up reply actions
New Blood
Drop Davies and Robinson if they have bad spring and elevate Wood and Crow for bullpen. At least I would be more interested otherwise, it looks like 2009 all over again to me.
My prediction
Catchers: Kendall, Pena
Infielders: Butler, Callaspo, Getz, Aviles, Bloomquist, Betancourt
Outfielders: Anderson, DeJesus, Ankiel, Guillen, Podsednik
Starting pitchers: Greinke, Meche, Hochevar, Bannister, Tejada
Bullpen: Soria, Cruz, Farnsworth, Osuna, Wood, Herges, Thompson
DL – Gordon
Omaha: Maier, Rosa, Lerew, Campillo, Humber, Colon
DFAed: Davies
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