I think we’d let Canizares work out for a little bit instead of rushing Freeman up.

but I’d almost guarantee that if healthy, Diaz will be on LF or RF on opening day.

I have seen in other places that he was only looking at about 1.7, but a small overestimate is probably in order.

in that Logan may be out of options, but Chavez isn’t. Also, I prefer two lefties available in middle relief.

We pay Infante about that much to ride the pine. And if by ‘ride the pine’ you mean start everytime a LHP takes the mound and most of the PH at bats, then yes, I believe we would pay him that much to ‘ride the pine’

Diaz can still get plenty of playing time. In that scenario, I’d assume we’d give him some work at 1B in the spring just to see what he’s capable of there. If he’s worth it, maybe he gets some starts there, but with McLouth, Heyward, and Schafer all lefties, Diaz would probably start for at least one of them any time a lefty started, and could spell them once or twice a week in addition to that.

I did read the entire post. I see that if we were fielding a team today that you are correct in what our roster would look like.

However, it would be more accurate to leave all three of those players off and their salaries and include that in what we have left to spend. In actuality the post was a “failed” reply to your last post at 11:07. Your throwing out examples of how the OF would rotate and it’s just not going to happen.

I’m not trying to be negative towards your post as it will become more and more useful as the off season progresses. It’s laid out well and is a quick reference to where we stand. I just don’t see the point of “what if” OF rotations when everyone alive knows that’s not going to be the case. Heyward might make the team out of spring training but Schafer needs AAA and Blanco and a few others would be much more realistic example of what we would actually put on the field if we were to play today.

Keep it up as it will be a very useful reference in 20 days.

There’s a little more to Cust than just being “FUGA…plus a small handful of homers”. At least offensively.

You think he will get in over Hernandez? Would we go with just one backup SS on the roster but I suppose Prado could switch over to SS and Thurston at 2B in an extreme Escobar/Infante catastrophe for just a game until they can call somone else up?

Any opinoins? I am likely going to redo the bench when Lowe gets traded so we can update everything at the same time.

I know where you’re coming from and I wasn’t calling you out. Just saying that there seems to be an inordinate amount of love for this dudes.

Yeah, or this.

Hey, gondeee started it last year with Conrad.

Until a player hits arbitration or signs an extension, they’re playing for the minimum or very near it.

And while you’re probably right about Heyward, there’s no more obvious candidate to get that bench spot as of today.