Rick White does join Reds bullpen
 

Per Marc:

Posted this thinking it would get lost in the other thread

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So who do we lose from the 12 man staff? Of course, usually we start off with 11 in April, but let's assume that's Wilson's spot.

Locks:
1 Harang
2 Claussen
3 Milton
4 Williams
5 Wilson (if healthy)
6 Belisle
7 Weathers
8 Mercker
9 Hammond
10 White

Should be's :
11 Coffey
12 Hudson
13 Wagner
14 Shackleford

Maybes
15 Simpson
16 Hancock
17 Standridge
18 Burns

Hmmm... I'd say there's somewhere in the neighborhood of a 0% chance that all 4 of Weathers, Mercker, Hammond, and White are around come August 1st.

If I'd had to guess, Hudson stays up with a good spring, as does the best of Wagner, Coffey, and Shackleford. The other two start the season in AAA. I must say, it's the most depth we've had in quite a while. Spread the suckage around.

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I think Coffey and Wagner need to be on this team. We need these guys to be good this year to have a reasonable bullpen.

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Ricky Stone...part deux

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I think it'll shake out this way to start things off:

1. Harang
2. Claussen
3. Milton
4. Wilson (I think he'll be ready to go)
5. Williams

Mercker
Weathers
Hammond
White
Belisle
Coffey
Wagner

Re: Rick White does join Reds bullpen
 

Yeah.

I hope he's cut very early in the season, but I doubt that's going to happen.

I can understand the need for bodies to pitch against the wall in the hopes of one of them sticking, but let's be serious--this guy's never going to be anything more than mop-up. Not that the Reds don't need that, but they need better stuff more.

Re: Rick White does join Reds bullpen
 

hell, they gave him a major league deal.

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I really don't understand this signing. You don't suppose that the Reds have a possible trade in progress, in which they send one of Mercker/Weathers plus one of our OF's for a starting pitcher? The Dodgers have plenty of good young pitching, plus a surplus 1st baseman. Naw, this is probably something that was in one of those pretty binders that DanO left in his desk. Too bad they didn't throw all those binders out.

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This is the final piece.

We have done it.

We are officially a 70 win team.

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Is Rick White really Brad Kullman's cousin?

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Sadly, our 2005 bullpen was full of guys who would envy that 3.72 ERA. I can't poor-mouth this signing. It did not break the budget.

How about signing Dunn and Lopez?????

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I'm pretty sure I last heard Wilson will not be ready. I would say Hudson gets his spot, but you are close.

On the trade. I can't say it was a bad one as his numbers last year kill many of our BP players, but I can't say I really understand this. He's 37 and I don't want to see a Coffey, Belise, or Hudson spot taken by this guy. We'll see if something else goes down.

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That's what it smells like. Either that or Coffey and/or Wagner are bound for greener pastures.

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Barbarossa...I was thinking the same thing about a potential trade...it would be very creative.

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I heard somewhere that Belisle will fill in for Wilson until he is healthy.