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Our Opening Day squad will look like this:
Catchers- C Charlie Berry (R)
- C Ray Hayworth (R) v LHP and when Berry needs a rest
These boys were both really handy last season and we are looking for more of the same. Lerian is ready for duty if needs be.
Infielders- 1B Jimmie Foxx (R)
- 2B Willie Wells (R)
- 3B Martin Dihigo (R)
- SS Arky Vaughan (R)
- Gus Suhr (L)
- George Grantham (L)
- Howard Freigau (R)
If there has been a better starting infield on paper than this in the history of the game, I am unaware of it. Then again, the only games that have ever been won on paper are hangman and tic-tac-toe, so we are taking nothing for granted. Our biggest concern is injuries. Martin has a history of going down for sizeable chunks and Arky is only 19 and unused to the rigours of major league baseball. So we’ll be nursing both as much as possible. We are especially vulnerable at 3B, despite a concerted effort on my part to reinforce the position. In the end, we’ll have to be reactive rather than proactive – a strategy of which I am not a fan – as the price is simply too high for suitable backups. Grantham is an option there but it would mean a porous defence for sure.
Outfielders- LF Lefty O’Doul (L)
- CF Earl Combs (L)
- RF Paul Waner (L)
- Lloyd Waner (L)
- Maurice Archdeacon (L)
- Denny Sothern (R)
Looking for more from O’Doul and Little Poison this year.
Rotation- LHP Willie Foster
- RHP Ted Trent
- RHP Paul Derringer
- LHP Bill McCall
A tough year last year, let’s hope they can bounce back. We locked down Ted Trent until 1936, so all under team control for the next few years.
Bullpen- RHP Slim Harriss (MR)
- LHP Walter Anderson (MR)
- LHP Lloyd Brown (MR)
- LHP Nip Winters (LR)
- RHP Ray Benge (ST)
We’ll be transitioning here over the next season or two. Plenty of live young arms at AAA awaiting the call, with Harriss, Winters and Anderson almost certainly on their last tour of duty with us.
Not sure we’re there yet but we are certainly on the right track.