A pretty uneventful Spring Training with only one injury, and that was the perpetually hurt lefty reliever Kevin Leonard tweaking his back and going on the IL for a couple of weeks.
The Opening Day roster:
C-D.Morales, Scroggins
1B-N.De La Rosa
2B-I.Morales
SS-Chinchilla
3B-Barela
IF-Holly, Wood (har har), R.Ramirez
LF-Lozada
CF-McGovern
RF-J.Morales
DH-E.Avalos (will split LF with Lozada who will also DH)
OF-Kidd
Cameron Holly made the team as it looks like he could be a lefty-masher at 2B and will platoon with I.Morales. OF David Alba was the last cut among batters, his ratings were upgraded by the scouts this spring to the point where he looks like a .280, 20-HR guy but he needs to play a corner as he's kind of mediocre in CF.
SP-Rose, T.Johnson, McInerney*, Espinoza, M.Lopez
LR-Bernal, S.Morris*
MR-Hetzel, Roberts*, O'Brien*, Navarro
SU-Berumen, Rutherford*
CL-Talbott
*lefty pitcher
Last cut among the pitchers was rookie Randy Mastropietro, who was penciled into the rotation when the winter started but had a miserable spring and we signed Rogelio Espinoza. Melvin Lopez actually took Mastropietro's spot. Steve Morris did win 18 games for us last year but a lot of it was run support and he seems better suited for the pen.
The preseason predictions are bearish on us (and Dave Rose isn't getting 36 starts) but it isn't the first time they've been wrong.