Let this sink in for a moment- tomorrow is the last Grapefruit League game, and on Friday the Phillies will be in Philadelphia.
Ok, enough of that. Yesterday I put out a set of roster predictions for every team that will break camp and start next week. Literally nothing has changed with the big league Phillies, so I will simply quote myself on the roster:
- Rotation: Hamels, Halladay, Lee, Kendrick, Lannan.
- Line-Up: Rollins-SS, Revere-CF, Utley-2B, Howard-1B, M. Young-3B, Brown-RF, Mayberry-LF, Kratz-C.
- Bullpen: Papelbon, Adams, Durbin, Bastardo, Horst, Aumont, Valdes. In the running: Stutes
- Bench: Nix, Frandsen, Galvis, Lerud, Inciarte. In the running: Orr, Quintero.
- DL: D. Young.
- Restricted: Ruiz.
- 40 man, inactive: Gillies, Collier, Ruf, Hernandez, Valle, Pettibone, Cloyd, Martin, Stutes, De Fratus, Rosenberg, Diekman, Robles, Savery.
There is nothing different today, and the total roster positions open is still probably down to about 3. You have the Stutes-Aumont battle, the Lerud-Quintero battle, and the Inciarte-Orr battle, while there is also the question of who plays left field on Opening Day.
The drama is shifting to the minors, where there are lots of battles still ongoing. The IronPigs won yesterday's game to break a losing streak, and they'll break camp on Saturday. On Tuesday they'll host the Reading Fightin' Phils in an exhibition game, then they open Thursday. They're also going to have a cool urinal game system. I digress though. Their rotation appears to be nearly set too, according to the front office, which along with their workout groups, pretty much sets this team as nearly done.
- Rotation: Cloyd, Pettibone, Martin, Rosenberg, Morgan. In the running: Cochran, Bass.
- Line-Up: Gillies-CF, Hernandez-2B, Mitchell-RF, Ruf-LF, Asche-3B, Joseph-C, Overbeck-DH, Field-1B, Martinez-SS.
- Bullpen: Stutes, De Fratus, Diekman, Friend, Savery, Jimenez, Cochran. In the running: Bass, Hyatt.
- Bench: Orr, Quintero, Tolbert, Susdorf.
- DL: Bass, Blanco.
- Rotation: Biddle, Buchanan, Garcia, Wright, Colvin. In the running: Hyatt.
- Line-Up: Collier-CF, Hanzawa-SS, Welty-RF, Murphy-1B, Castro-LF, Valle-C/DH, Rupp-DH/C, Abreu-3B, Cartwright-2B.
- Bullpen: Simon, Robles, Rosin, Ramirez, Hyatt, Sosa, Ellis. In the running: Johnson.
- Bench: Suomi, Murphy, Mitchell, Hewitt. In the running: Henson.
- DL: Johnson, Henson, James.
- Rotation: Hollands, Garner, Stewart, Kleven, Milner.
- Line-Up: Hudson-CF, Altherr-RF, Alvarez-LF, Franco-3B/DH, Martinez-1B/DH/3B, Alonso-1B/3B/DH, Ludy-C, Villalobos-SS, Carver-2B.
- Bullpen: Arias, Shreve, O'Sullivan, Murray, Nesseth, Hernandez, Giles.
- Bench: Lavin, Roof, Stassi, Moore.
- DL: Dugan, Stumpo.
- Rotation: Watson, Warner, Brady, Stefan, Martinez.
- Line-Up: Quinn-SS, Tocci-OF, Walding-3B, Serritella-1B, Pointer-OF, Greene-2B, Hill-C, Perkins-OF, Arthur-DH.
- Bullpen: Inch, Santos, Rojas, Broussard, Aizenstadt, Cooper, Oviedo.
- Bench: Quaranto, Olmo, Taylor, Mora.
- DL: Numata, Carmona.
With that, I think we're set for another day.
