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ayaghmour2 · 09-21-2020, 10:30 PM

Baseball is back! After a rather quiet offseason, we start our Spring schedule with the defending champion Stars. Only five trades were made all offseason, and four of them were my doing. With the 60 men roster for Spring, all 40 of our 40 man guys were brought up, I filled up all 60 spots with 20 non-roster invitees. Don't expect any of them to make the team, but I like having a lot of bodies in camp.

Some notables:
SP Johnny Walker (former 3rd Round Pick)
SP Billy Lebeau (former 5th Round Pick)
C Ken Wyatt (former 4th Round Pick)
2B Elmer Hutchins (233rd Prospect)
3B Tom Spitzer (190th Prospect)
SS Charlie Gamble (started 100+ games in Chicago from 1924-1926)
SS Charlie Reed (former 2nd Round Pick)
CF Ken Allen (former 4th Round Pick)
RF Howard Moss (former 4th Round Pick)

The goal is to have my starters throw once a week. All five rotation guys will make starts, with the other one or two varying weekly. Most of my position players will get three or four starts a week, but Bobby Sprague will start almost every game as I work him out in left. When replacing guys in the lineup, I'm just going to keep the position in the order the same. By that I mean since Russ Combs is starting at second and leading off, all my second basemen will hit leadoff. Other then the first game of the Spring, I will never use all eight starters in the same game.

There will be a few interesting roster spot battles, but most of the team is set in stone (favorite italicized):

Backup Catcher: Claude Ramsey and Cliff Ray
Sixth Infielder: Barney Meeker, Luke Nixon, Phil Vaughan, Jim Fisher, Slim Bloom, Lee Sparks
5th Outfielder: Vallie Turner, Bob McCarty, Tom Thomas, Curt Ross
Bullpen Spots: Gus Cain, Pete Sposito, Herb Lowman, Don Grossman, Bill Kline, Ace McSherry, Len Moore, Claude Purvis, Norm Stewart, Steve Castellini
One Additional Roster Spot

Here's the guys with basically a guaranteed spot:
SP Dick Lyons
SP Dick Ledutke
SP Jim Crawford
SP Max Wilder
SP Tommy Wilcox
RP Chick Meehan
C Mike Taylor
1B Bill Ashbaugh
2B Russ Combs
2B Harry Simmons
3B John Kincaid
SS Arnold Bower
LF Bobby Sprague
CF Cy Bryant
RF Tom Taylor
RF Mike Smith

09-21-2020, 10:30 PM	#222
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,100	Spring Training! Baseball is back! After a rather quiet offseason, we start our Spring schedule with the defending champion Stars. Only five trades were made all offseason, and four of them were my doing. With the 60 men roster for Spring, all 40 of our 40 man guys were brought up, I filled up all 60 spots with 20 non-roster invitees. Don't expect any of them to make the team, but I like having a lot of bodies in camp. Some notables: SP Johnny Walker (former 3rd Round Pick) SP Billy Lebeau (former 5th Round Pick) C Ken Wyatt (former 4th Round Pick) 2B Elmer Hutchins (233rd Prospect) 3B Tom Spitzer (190th Prospect) SS Charlie Gamble (started 100+ games in Chicago from 1924-1926) SS Charlie Reed (former 2nd Round Pick) CF Ken Allen (former 4th Round Pick) RF Howard Moss (former 4th Round Pick) The goal is to have my starters throw once a week. All five rotation guys will make starts, with the other one or two varying weekly. Most of my position players will get three or four starts a week, but Bobby Sprague will start almost every game as I work him out in left. When replacing guys in the lineup, I'm just going to keep the position in the order the same. By that I mean since Russ Combs is starting at second and leading off, all my second basemen will hit leadoff. Other then the first game of the Spring, I will never use all eight starters in the same game. There will be a few interesting roster spot battles, but most of the team is set in stone (favorite italicized): Backup Catcher: Claude Ramsey and Cliff Ray Sixth Infielder: Barney Meeker, Luke Nixon, Phil Vaughan, Jim Fisher, Slim Bloom, Lee Sparks 5th Outfielder: Vallie Turner, Bob McCarty, Tom Thomas, Curt Ross Bullpen Spots: Gus Cain, Pete Sposito, Herb Lowman, Don Grossman, Bill Kline, Ace McSherry, Len Moore, Claude Purvis, Norm Stewart, Steve Castellini One Additional Roster Spot Here's the guys with basically a guaranteed spot: SP Dick Lyons SP Dick Ledutke SP Jim Crawford SP Max Wilder SP Tommy Wilcox RP Chick Meehan C Mike Taylor 1B Bill Ashbaugh 2B Russ Combs 2B Harry Simmons 3B John Kincaid SS Arnold Bower LF Bobby Sprague CF Cy Bryant RF Tom Taylor RF Mike Smith Last edited by ayaghmour2; 09-22-2020 at 01:03 PM.