This season will come down to two main factors: how good our pitching actually is and how many runs our offence can scratch together to support their efforts. Baseball 101, really.
We turn an eye to the future, moving Scott Sanderson up to SP1 and promoting John Tudor to the rotation and the expense of Rick Rhoden, who we're going to try in a setup role for the final year at the club.
Cecilio Guante retains the Closer role and Jerry Don Gleaton makes his MLB debut after a long wait down at AAA, with Neal Heaton making way for now.
Gary Redus in at LF and leading off. Joe Orsulak will get a ton of ABs as our main backup OF and Miguel Dilone starts the year with us but that thinness at CF makes John Cangelosi or someone else (we have a WW claim in for Terry Harper) almost certain to come in before too long because of Miguel's defensive limitations. Bill Almon makes his return and will fill a variety of roles in both the IF and OF.
A few familiar faces return to the club in our annual MiLB trawl, with George Hendrick, Tim Foli and Larry McWilliams at Lincoln.
A bit of a patchwork quilt but there's a real "brothers in arms" feel to this group and I'm looking forward to seeing if that translates to on-field performance.
