Bullpen name I 'm not seeing in these lists so far - Josh Osich. I think he's got a shot with a good spring. Yesterday might be the start of that in ST game 1.
SirFelixCat (03-01-2021)
I'd be shocked if the Reds don't start the season with at least 2 players on the injury list, with one being a pitcher, making the numbers game a bit easier.
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---Rotation
SP - Castillo, Luis
SP - Gray, Sonny
SP - Mahle, Tyler
SP/RP - Miley, Wade
SP/RP - Lorenzen, Michael
---Bullpen
RP/SP - Sims, Lucas
RP - Doolittle, Sean
RP/SP - Garrett, Amir
RP - Bedrosian, Cam*
RP/SP - Ramirez, Noe
RP/SP - Antone, Tejay
RP/SP - De Leon, Jose
RP/SP - Hoffman, Jeff
---Infield/Oufield
C - Stephenson, Tyler
1B - Votto, Joey
2B/3B/1B - Moustakas, Mike
SS/2B/3B - Holder, Kyle
3B/SS/2B - Suarez, Eugenio
LF/RF/CF - Winker, Jesse
CF/3B/2B - Senzel, Nick
RF/LF/3B - Castellanos, Nicholas
---Bench
C - Barnhart, Tucker
2B/SS/CF - Strange-Gordon, Dee*
3B/2B/C - Farmer, Kyle
CF/RF - Akiyama, Shogo
RF - Aquino, Aristides
---Disabled List
SP/RP - Bailey, Brandon
*Bedrosian and Strange-Gordon have their contracts purchased; Bailey goes to the 60-Day DL and Romano gets outrighted.
REDREAD (03-02-2021)
In all likelihood at least 2, if not more of those guys get hurt in ST and actually start on the DL in four weeks.
We are about 25% of the way thru ST and Bell says in a few days he'll start limiting who gets looks at SS. So I thought I'd review this. I guess we are expecting an arbiter's decision on whether Aquino gets another option year. For the Reds sake I hope he gets one, because he is not hitting the ball with any authority now. I'll assume for now he does not get the extra option.
The key position is SS and so far Kyle Farmer has looked pretty good. And Jose Garcia is hitless. So it doesn't appear that he is going to grab the job. And Holder has walked a moderate amount but has not got a hit.
So the one change I would make to my roster is to offer Holder back to Yanks, and give the backup INF spot to Blandino who has looked good.
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Have there been any Jeff Hoffman sightings yet? I'm thinking he's definitely not getting a roster spot.
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Old school 1983 (03-09-2021)
Just a couple thoughts.
I don't think the organization values Aquino in a particularly meaningful way. They'd surely take the option year and stash him in AAA, but I also don't think they'd hesitate to let him go (or trade him for a lottery ticket). Given how they'd used him since the HR barrage suggests they think the barrage was a mirage.
I do not like the idea of Jeff Hoffman being on the roster. He has a career (220 IP) 5.58 ERA and 1.62 WHIP. You can adjust for Coors all you want, but that stinks. He smells just like a guy they shine up, give an early season shot and unceremoniously release in May. Do away with all the earned runs, and just release him before Opening Day.
mth123 (03-08-2021)
I'm guessing if he's getting regular multi-inning work in the pen, then he's ready to be a short duration SP. Interchangeability is one of the upsides of that model. The Astros had Brad Peacock in that role in recent years. He mostly relieved for them, but he got 42 starts from 2016-19 (21 in their title season).
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