One can deep dive at one’s leisure
HERE.
Not being overconfident in any way here, but I go into this season with the firm belief that we are ready. Which, in fact, scares me quite a bit because it leaves little room for upside and a whole ocean of disappointment at the ready.
We have made the difficult decision to send Ralph Kiner to AAA for now. His offence has tailed off to the point where it barely covers his defensive liability, and I just feel we are a better-balanced side with him out of the picture. Obviously, he'll be the first called up as soon as we have need of him, and in particular when rosters expand in the late part of the season.
Clemente will start in RF straight off. Kiner's absence means we can move Wertz to 1B and Sievers to LF. Camilo Pascual also gets the call-up, but will kick things off in the SP5 slot. Sturdivant takes the Stopper role to begin with.