We once again go into the new season as the reigning Champs and with the sense of liberty that affords. The moves we have made are again designed to allow us to keep progressing and recycling without a huge dropoff in performance.
Sadly, we do so without beloved Owner Jonathan Lusty, who passed away suddenly just a couple days before OD. His son Zac, who has been closely involved with the running of the club for some time, has taken over the reins.
The only meaningful position player change from a year ago is that Stennett comes in for Cash at 2B. We are convinced this will be Arriba's final season, and we will keep him at the parent club for it - albeit now in a backup role with Parker taking full possession of the everyday RF role. Pops shifts to 1B, Scoop to CF and George Hendrick to LF this year - an improved alignment as far as we see it. Nevertheless, defense remains a big problem for us, along with depth.
We've promoted Jerry Reuss to the top of the rotation, with the other incumbents moving down a slot and Rhoden coming in as SP5. Candy will be our ESP / LR. All else remains basically unchanged from '74.