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ayaghmour2 · 05-29-2024, 03:42 PM

Baseball is back! We don't get games started until Friday, as two weeks were accidentally simmed today, but all our players have reached camp as they look to fight for one of our 24 Opening Day roster spots. Not many of these spots are available, but after the George Oddo trade, the bullpen is wide open behind stopper David Molina, and the bench is always an interesting battle. This year in particular, with a lot of veteran castoffs, young up-and-comers, and FABL quality starters who are stuck behind our depth. Despite the awful end to last season, we rank top half in all positions except catcher, where Eddie Howard surprisingly ranks tenth among backstops. Funny enough, our "top" player is Leo Mitchell, who ranks just 7th among left fielders as we reach the spring, while Red Bond and 4/5th of the rotation ranking checks in the top 20.

Here's who we are bringing to camp this year, with * given to any locks:

RHP Bob Allen
RHP Bill Ballantine
LHP Duke Bybee*
RHP Dizzy Danforth
RHP Joe Foote
LHP Dixie Gaines
RHP Jack Hale
LHP Bob Hobbs
RHP Donnie Jones*
LHP Johnnie Jones*
RHP Charlie Kelsey
LHP Jim Kenny
RHP David Molina*
RHP Jim Morrison*
RHP Pete Papenfus*
RHP Tony Puccinello
RHP Joe Quade
LHP Bert Rogers
RHP Max Tanner
RHP Fred Terry
RHP Buzz Turner
RHP Jim Williams
C Bobby Beavers
C Mike Bordes
C Carl Evans
C Eddie Howard*
C Harry Mead*
1B Harry Austin
1B Billy Biggar
1B Red Bond*
2B Clark Car
2B Rupert Heinbaugh
2B Billy Hunter*
2B Bob Stout
2B George Sutterfield*
2B Charlie Woodbury
3B Otto Christian
3B Al Clement
3B Bill Nash
3B Hank Stratton
3B Hal Wood*
SS Frank Davis
SS Elmer Grace
SS Skipper Schneider*
LF Billy Brown
LF Chubby Hall
LF Leo Mitchell*
LF Clyde Parker
CF Rupert Abbott
CF Don Lee*
CF John Moss*
CF Frank Reece
CF Clyde Zimmerman
RF Jimmy Hairston
RF Sal Pestilli*

This coming season is one of the few where I don't rally have high hopes for the squad, as we were quite embarrassing last season and there are a lot of good and improving CA teams. That's what makes failing in '49 and '50 hurt so much, is we were the clear best team and didn't perform anywhere near our standard. At least with less expectations, the inevitable failure will hurt less. On the bright side, we should be a .500+ team yet again, and we should play a key role in the pennant race all season long.

05-29-2024, 03:42 PM	#1433
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,010	Spring Training! Baseball is back! We don't get games started until Friday, as two weeks were accidentally simmed today, but all our players have reached camp as they look to fight for one of our 24 Opening Day roster spots. Not many of these spots are available, but after the George Oddo trade, the bullpen is wide open behind stopper David Molina, and the bench is always an interesting battle. This year in particular, with a lot of veteran castoffs, young up-and-comers, and FABL quality starters who are stuck behind our depth. Despite the awful end to last season, we rank top half in all positions except catcher, where Eddie Howard surprisingly ranks tenth among backstops. Funny enough, our "top" player is Leo Mitchell, who ranks just 7th among left fielders as we reach the spring, while Red Bond and 4/5th of the rotation ranking checks in the top 20. Here's who we are bringing to camp this year, with * given to any locks: RHP Bob Allen RHP Bill Ballantine LHP Duke Bybee* RHP Dizzy Danforth RHP Joe Foote LHP Dixie Gaines RHP Jack Hale LHP Bob Hobbs RHP Donnie Jones* LHP Johnnie Jones* RHP Charlie Kelsey LHP Jim Kenny RHP David Molina* RHP Jim Morrison* RHP Pete Papenfus* RHP Tony Puccinello RHP Joe Quade LHP Bert Rogers RHP Max Tanner RHP Fred Terry RHP Buzz Turner RHP Jim Williams C Bobby Beavers C Mike Bordes C Carl Evans C Eddie Howard* C Harry Mead* 1B Harry Austin 1B Billy Biggar 1B Red Bond* 2B Clark Car 2B Rupert Heinbaugh 2B Billy Hunter* 2B Bob Stout 2B George Sutterfield* 2B Charlie Woodbury 3B Otto Christian 3B Al Clement 3B Bill Nash 3B Hank Stratton 3B Hal Wood* SS Frank Davis SS Elmer Grace SS Skipper Schneider* LF Billy Brown LF Chubby Hall LF Leo Mitchell* LF Clyde Parker CF Rupert Abbott CF Don Lee* CF John Moss* CF Frank Reece CF Clyde Zimmerman RF Jimmy Hairston RF Sal Pestilli* This coming season is one of the few where I don't rally have high hopes for the squad, as we were quite embarrassing last season and there are a lot of good and improving CA teams. That's what makes failing in '49 and '50 hurt so much, is we were the clear best team and didn't perform anywhere near our standard. At least with less expectations, the inevitable failure will hurt less. On the bright side, we should be a .500+ team yet again, and we should play a key role in the pennant race all season long.