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Art Deco · 01-16-2022, 10:16 AM

Spring Training came and went without incident or injury. Jimmy Leonard didn't have a great spring after his guru visit, but the scouts upped his ratings so hopefully it didn't have a negative impact. Also interestingly Mike McKee remains unsigned as his demands seemed too high. We did make one big trade right before Opening Day:

Hill was out of options and wasn't making the team and the emergence of Doug Johns made Moyer expendable. In return we get Zamora, who gives us a third elite lefty bullpen arm to go with Chris Williams and Satoshi Sato (who was unscored upon in 6 appearances this spring in his stateside debut). You can see from his career numbers above how good he is (rated 80 stuff). With the acquisition of Zamora, Chris Toombs was optioned to Durham which I'm sure will anger him after being up for the last three years with the big club, and also Doug Combs was sent to Durham. Here's the roster:

C-Morley, Cordova
1B-Alexander
2B-S.Williams
SS-Frick
3B-Beckett
IF-Callahan
OF/DH-Willis, Gregory, Ruggles, Leonard, Johns, Mendez

SP-B.Jackson, Brockman, Mendoza, Soland, Willard
LR-Harbour, Johansen
MR-D.Anderson, C.Williams, Burgess
SU-Pretty, Sato, Zamora
CL-Kawase

A few notes: Johansen is Chris Johansen, who started for the Reds the last few years before we signed him as a free agent after they waived him late in the year, and I never noted it because we were busy with the playoffs. He has 70 stuff in relief and should be useful. If not there are plenty of more options at Durham and we're only paying him $1.3M. Vinny Willard gets another shot at the 5th starter job but if he fails we can either turn to Harbour again or bring up Billy Haroutunian or Joel Gird (who looked good this spring). Meanwhile Jon Callahan takes the utility infield role. I wish he weren't a lefty hitter to give Beckett a semi-platoon partner at 3B but he'll do.

The preseason predictions:

Looks a lot like last year's standings. They don't seem to like our pitching but the bats are elite as usual. The "W.Duran" listed among the top NL hitters is none other than Willie Duran, whom we had at Durham last year but put on waivers to make room on the 40-man last October when we signed Johansen, and he was claimed by the Cubs.

01-16-2022, 10:16 AM	#1628
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,392	2042 Opening Day Roster & Preseason Predictions Spring Training came and went without incident or injury. Jimmy Leonard didn't have a great spring after his guru visit, but the scouts upped his ratings so hopefully it didn't have a negative impact. Also interestingly Mike McKee remains unsigned as his demands seemed too high. We did make one big trade right before Opening Day: Hill was out of options and wasn't making the team and the emergence of Doug Johns made Moyer expendable. In return we get Zamora, who gives us a third elite lefty bullpen arm to go with Chris Williams and Satoshi Sato (who was unscored upon in 6 appearances this spring in his stateside debut). You can see from his career numbers above how good he is (rated 80 stuff). With the acquisition of Zamora, Chris Toombs was optioned to Durham which I'm sure will anger him after being up for the last three years with the big club, and also Doug Combs was sent to Durham. Here's the roster: C-Morley, Cordova 1B-Alexander 2B-S.Williams SS-Frick 3B-Beckett IF-Callahan OF/DH-Willis, Gregory, Ruggles, Leonard, Johns, Mendez SP-B.Jackson, Brockman, Mendoza, Soland, Willard LR-Harbour, Johansen MR-D.Anderson, C.Williams, Burgess SU-Pretty, Sato, Zamora CL-Kawase A few notes: Johansen is Chris Johansen, who started for the Reds the last few years before we signed him as a free agent after they waived him late in the year, and I never noted it because we were busy with the playoffs. He has 70 stuff in relief and should be useful. If not there are plenty of more options at Durham and we're only paying him $1.3M. Vinny Willard gets another shot at the 5th starter job but if he fails we can either turn to Harbour again or bring up Billy Haroutunian or Joel Gird (who looked good this spring). Meanwhile Jon Callahan takes the utility infield role. I wish he weren't a lefty hitter to give Beckett a semi-platoon partner at 3B but he'll do. The preseason predictions: Looks a lot like last year's standings. They don't seem to like our pitching but the bats are elite as usual. The "W.Duran" listed among the top NL hitters is none other than Willie Duran, whom we had at Durham last year but put on waivers to make room on the 40-man last October when we signed Johansen, and he was claimed by the Cubs.