First, a deal just before the season starts:
Had to deal Sandstrom as he was out of options and would probably be claimed on waivers. The return is pretty good in Tudor, see below:
Tudor has options, which means the question is do I go with him on the active roster and send down either Ballmann or Mooney and go with only two lefties (one of those and Alvarado)? or do I send Tudor down even though he's overqualified for AAA. Jon Whiteleather and Danny Medina are out of options so they have to be kept up.
Opening Day Roster:
C-Corpus, Runnels (going to give Runnels another run as the backup)
1B-Rivas
2B-Kirkley
SS-Widmar
3B-Witt
IF-Gutierrez (keeping spot warm for Ayers)
LF-Clark
CF-Dominguez
RF-Jenkins
DH-Hardaway
OF/1B-de Jesus
OF-Hodges
deJesus will see plenty of playing time, filling in at RF, 1B and DH
SP-Aparicio, Hayes, Little, Sachais, Soranno
LR-Thompson
MR-Mooney, Medina, Whiteleather, Siqueiros
SU-Tudor, Alvarado
CL-J.Diaz
Decided to send Ballmann to Durham where I'm going to try him as a starter.
The preseason predictions:
109 wins seems right, but Aparicio's ERA rising nearly 3 runs? I know he's not going to replicate last season, it was a career year for even a Hall of Famer, but 4.27? Also that's a massive season from Rodolfo Rivas.