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ayaghmour2 · 02-10-2022, 12:43 PM

Baseball is back! Even if the games are meaningless, the Cougars are back on the field! There is a lot of excitement in camp as the team thinks they'll be competing for a pennant again, even if the way too early preseason predictions are giving us no love. As always, I love stacking the deck for these Spring games, and we will have 56 bodies in camp. I don't expect any NRI's to make the club as our 40 is filled, but we'll get our first look at our two top prospects Donnie and Johnnie Jones, who could get some innings. Below is a complete list of our 1941 Training Camp roster. And as always, * means a guaranteed spot:

RHP Augie Bertrand
RHP Joe Brown*
RHP Pug Bryan
RHP Ben Curtin
RHP Grover Donahue
RHP Milt Fritz*
LHP Harl Haines
LHP/LF Al Jones
RHP Donnie Jones
LHP Johnnie Jones
LHP Cal Knight
RHP Jim Lonardo*
LHP Dick Lyons*
RHP Ray McNeill
RHP Pete Papenfus*
RHP Harry Parker*
RHP Allen Purvis
RHP Eddie Quinn*
LHP Johnny Ruby
RHP Bill Seabolt
RHP Dick Strunk
LHP Rusty Watts
C Diego Bernal
C Harry Mead*
C Claude Ramsey
C Mike Taylor*
1B Ray Ford*
1B Bobby Mills
1B Chris Smith
2B Eddie Curtis
2B Ossie Grogan
2B Billy Hunter*
2B Stu Johnson
2B Freddie Jones*
2B Ollie Page*
3B Bill Dickens
3B John Lawson*
3B Johnny McDowell*
3B Jocko Pollard
SS Jimmy Bach
SS Tip Harrison
SS Skipper Schneider*
LF Dick Earl
LF Leo Mitchell*
LF Oscar Panduro
CF Ken Curry
CF Aart MacDonald
CF Carlos Montes*
RF Bobby Bond
RF Alex Ingraham
RF Rich Langton*
RF Cliff Moss
RF Marv Smith
RF Fred Vargas
RF Orlin Yates

We are happy to have both Milt Fritz and Eddie Quinn healthy, giving us an enviable collection of seven quality starting pitchers. Yes, I'm counting Joe Brown, who manager Clyde Meyer actually wants in the 6 spot instead of Quinn. That doesn't bode well for the 34-year-old who spent eight months rehabbing a partially torn UCL, and as things are now, the Caveman is likely starting the season in the pen. Still, I want him and Fritz and to shake off the injury rust and the easiest way to do that is with a strict 6-man. This means Brown will pitch in the pen and the Jones Brothers likely won't start any games. The best news is the emergence of Peter the Heater, who Meyer has leading the rotation, Tom thinks has the highest current and potential ratings in our system, and OSA views as the FABL's 11th best pitcher.

While a lot of guys have spots locked up, we may have to part way with a few prominent players. Barring injuries, 7 of our 9 pitching spots are already filled, meaning at least one of Pug Bryan, Allen Purvis, or Ben Curtin will end up on waivers. They'll also have competition from optionable arms like Cal Knight, Rusty Watts, and Dick Strunk. The bench has a lot of competition too, and I really want to hang on to our Rule-5 pick Ossie Grogan. Sure, the 25-year-old is lazy, but he does currently rank 11th in our system and 139th overall and hits from both sides of the plate. Tom likes his smooth swing and he can play the middle infield well. He'll have to compete with Bobby Mills, Tip Harrison, and Stu Johnson while I can't see myself waiving Ollie Page or Johnny McDowell and Freddie Jones is taking up a bench spot despite getting four or so starts a week at second or short, so bench spots are few and far between. The outfield is crowded with Rich Langton as the 4th outfielder, so I could end up sending Orlin Yates to AAA or waiving Aart MacDonald. I have a lot of roster decisions to make and I'm not really looking forward to them.

02-10-2022, 12:43 PM	#727
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,136	Spring Training! Baseball is back! Even if the games are meaningless, the Cougars are back on the field! There is a lot of excitement in camp as the team thinks they'll be competing for a pennant again, even if the way too early preseason predictions are giving us no love. As always, I love stacking the deck for these Spring games, and we will have 56 bodies in camp. I don't expect any NRI's to make the club as our 40 is filled, but we'll get our first look at our two top prospects Donnie and Johnnie Jones, who could get some innings. Below is a complete list of our 1941 Training Camp roster. And as always, * means a guaranteed spot: RHP Augie Bertrand RHP Joe Brown* RHP Pug Bryan RHP Ben Curtin RHP Grover Donahue RHP Milt Fritz* LHP Harl Haines LHP/LF Al Jones RHP Donnie Jones LHP Johnnie Jones LHP Cal Knight RHP Jim Lonardo* LHP Dick Lyons* RHP Ray McNeill RHP Pete Papenfus* RHP Harry Parker* RHP Allen Purvis RHP Eddie Quinn* LHP Johnny Ruby RHP Bill Seabolt RHP Dick Strunk LHP Rusty Watts C Diego Bernal C Harry Mead* C Claude Ramsey C Mike Taylor* 1B Ray Ford* 1B Bobby Mills 1B Chris Smith 2B Eddie Curtis 2B Ossie Grogan 2B Billy Hunter* 2B Stu Johnson 2B Freddie Jones* 2B Ollie Page* 3B Bill Dickens 3B John Lawson* 3B Johnny McDowell* 3B Jocko Pollard SS Jimmy Bach SS Tip Harrison SS Skipper Schneider* LF Dick Earl LF Leo Mitchell* LF Oscar Panduro CF Ken Curry CF Aart MacDonald CF Carlos Montes* RF Bobby Bond RF Alex Ingraham RF Rich Langton* RF Cliff Moss RF Marv Smith RF Fred Vargas RF Orlin Yates We are happy to have both Milt Fritz and Eddie Quinn healthy, giving us an enviable collection of seven quality starting pitchers. Yes, I'm counting Joe Brown, who manager Clyde Meyer actually wants in the 6 spot instead of Quinn. That doesn't bode well for the 34-year-old who spent eight months rehabbing a partially torn UCL, and as things are now, the Caveman is likely starting the season in the pen. Still, I want him and Fritz and to shake off the injury rust and the easiest way to do that is with a strict 6-man. This means Brown will pitch in the pen and the Jones Brothers likely won't start any games. The best news is the emergence of Peter the Heater, who Meyer has leading the rotation, Tom thinks has the highest current and potential ratings in our system, and OSA views as the FABL's 11th best pitcher. While a lot of guys have spots locked up, we may have to part way with a few prominent players. Barring injuries, 7 of our 9 pitching spots are already filled, meaning at least one of Pug Bryan, Allen Purvis, or Ben Curtin will end up on waivers. They'll also have competition from optionable arms like Cal Knight, Rusty Watts, and Dick Strunk. The bench has a lot of competition too, and I really want to hang on to our Rule-5 pick Ossie Grogan. Sure, the 25-year-old is lazy, but he does currently rank 11th in our system and 139th overall and hits from both sides of the plate. Tom likes his smooth swing and he can play the middle infield well. He'll have to compete with Bobby Mills, Tip Harrison, and Stu Johnson while I can't see myself waiving Ollie Page or Johnny McDowell and Freddie Jones is taking up a bench spot despite getting four or so starts a week at second or short, so bench spots are few and far between. The outfield is crowded with Rich Langton as the 4th outfielder, so I could end up sending Orlin Yates to AAA or waiving Aart MacDonald. I have a lot of roster decisions to make and I'm not really looking forward to them.