Loading ...From John Fay’s Reds Insider blog:
I’m sitting in the office today working on our spring training preview package. One of the things I do annually is project the 25-man roster. I went 20-for-25 in ‘06. The Arroyo-Pena trade cost me two spots.
Last year, I went 22-for-25. I would have gone 24-for-25 if Eric Milton and Bill Bray hadn’t been on the DL. Anyway, enough with my excuses, here’s this year’s projection:
I’ll let you go to the article to find his entire roster. Nothing earthshattering, but some interesting choices.
i would like to see volquez in the rotation other than belisle
Hopefully, Belisle’s spot is open for competition. He is still not that good of a starter and needs to progress significantly this year to justifiably hold off the younger guys.
No Gary Majewski?
That has to be the weakest bench(power wise) I have seen in a long time only Hatteberg & Javy offer even a modest amount of punch.
no Broken Shoulder
That’s why letting Cantu walk just baffles me, Ron.
Hey, Hey….
Reds love on the national level:
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You want Belisle off the rotation but no mention of him having Affeldt on there? I believe far more in Belisle than I do JA in a starting position and I think Affeldt is a great fit in a reliever role. I think I’d rather see JA and Volquez swap places.
Have to agree with the power issue – if(when) any of the regular power guys go down, there’s huge hole.