Monday, October 04, 2004
Roster Predictions
On the long drive home last night, my husband and I tried to predict the 25 man playoff roster. I don't know if this is the final one we decided on, but it's what I'm going with for now (note that I lack an expert understanding of the rules for being on the 25-man roster):
Lackey
Colon
Escobar
Washburn
Rodriguez
Shields
Percival
Donnelly
all no-brainers
Molina
Molina
Paul *
Paul has the distinction of being MVP: Most Vulnerable Player. It makes no sense to hang onto a 3rd catcher who doesn't hit all that well when your other 2 catchers are feeling good. But I predict they'll hang on to him because of his team-building personality. Plus, I don't think you cut a guy off the roster who has been on it all year, unless he is Kevin Gregg in which case I would encourage it.
Erstad
Figgins
Eckstein
Amezaga
Quinlan
The only thing interesting here is the return of Quinlan, and hashing out who will play what position. By my information D-Mac is not eligible for the playoff roster, but I could be wrong
Riggs
DaVanon
Pride
Anderson
Guerrero
Pride made a very strong argument for himself this last weekend, and I think he'll stick around. Riggs would normally be questionable, but I think Mike likes matching him up against LHP instead of Jeff. I'd like to suggest a truly novel idea-- what if Jeff batted left agains LHP??
Glaus
duh
Kotchman
I don't know, he could be sacrificed for another pitcher
Hensley (not sure if he was recalled in time)
I don't know that he was on the roster in time to be on the playoff roster. But if he was, then I predict we'll see him over Gregg. Or maybe that is wishful thinking.
Ortiz
He's been a solid reliever. If a bit whiny.
People missing from my roster who could show up:
Halter the horror! But he is experienced, and did once pinch hit a grand slam for us earlier in the year.
Sele much like a squirrel with nuts, baseball teams like to store-up pitchers for cold times.
Gregg because maybe the "real" him is the one from the start of the season, also the squirrel/nuts thing again
Mondesi made you look!
Well, that was a fun, if pointless, endeavor.
Lackey
Colon
Escobar
Washburn
Rodriguez
Shields
Percival
Donnelly
all no-brainers
Molina
Molina
Paul *
Paul has the distinction of being MVP: Most Vulnerable Player. It makes no sense to hang onto a 3rd catcher who doesn't hit all that well when your other 2 catchers are feeling good. But I predict they'll hang on to him because of his team-building personality. Plus, I don't think you cut a guy off the roster who has been on it all year, unless he is Kevin Gregg in which case I would encourage it.
Erstad
Figgins
Eckstein
Amezaga
Quinlan
The only thing interesting here is the return of Quinlan, and hashing out who will play what position. By my information D-Mac is not eligible for the playoff roster, but I could be wrong
Riggs
DaVanon
Pride
Anderson
Guerrero
Pride made a very strong argument for himself this last weekend, and I think he'll stick around. Riggs would normally be questionable, but I think Mike likes matching him up against LHP instead of Jeff. I'd like to suggest a truly novel idea-- what if Jeff batted left agains LHP??
Glaus
duh
Kotchman
I don't know, he could be sacrificed for another pitcher
Hensley (not sure if he was recalled in time)
I don't know that he was on the roster in time to be on the playoff roster. But if he was, then I predict we'll see him over Gregg. Or maybe that is wishful thinking.
Ortiz
He's been a solid reliever. If a bit whiny.
People missing from my roster who could show up:
Halter the horror! But he is experienced, and did once pinch hit a grand slam for us earlier in the year.
Sele much like a squirrel with nuts, baseball teams like to store-up pitchers for cold times.
Gregg because maybe the "real" him is the one from the start of the season, also the squirrel/nuts thing again
Mondesi made you look!
Well, that was a fun, if pointless, endeavor.
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