Wednesday, March 07, 2012

A Challenge on the 25 Man Roster

Here is a Cubs fan 25 man roster for Opening Day. His name is Jason and he has put his roster against mine (which we will revisit by Opening Day). Look at his list and then look at mine found
here.


Position Players

C- Soto
C- Clevenger
1B- Lahair
UTIL- Baker
2B- Barney
UTIL-Cardenas
SS- Castro
3B- Stewart
LF- Soriano
CF- Byrd
RF- DeJesus
OF- Johnson
OF- Campana



Pitchers

Garza
Dempster
Malholm
Wood
Wells
Shark
Marmol
Russell
Beliveau
Sonnanstine
Wood
Dolis


Lineup

DeJesus
Barney
Castro
Lahair
Soriano
Stewart
Byrd
Soto


Bench

Clevenger
Baker
Cardenas
Johnson
Campana


Starters

Garza
Dempster
Malholm
Wood
Wells

Bullpen

Shark
Marmol
Russell
Beliveau
Sonnanstine
Wood
Dolis

Here some reasoning from Jason-

- Jason believes Sonnanstine will gain a spot because they are in need for a long reliever and he is on the roster right now. He also believes the Cubs will not carry 3 lefties.

- Jason says there is no way Jaramillo beats out Clevenger because he is an all around better player not to mention younger. He views Clevenger as an all around better version of Koyie Hill and nothing more than Soto (and eventually Castillo's) backup. Also says Jaramillo getting injured does not help his cause.

- He believes that Cardenas has no shot to beat out Barney at 2nd.

- He thinks Wells will be very good this year and that Volstad will start the year in Iowa.

- He says he would like to put Samardzija in the rotation but he is better served in the pen.

- Dolis and Sonnanstine were difficult decisions for his last two spots in the pen but feels both will make the team.

- Could see Sappelt beating out Campana but went with his gut and picked Tony.

- He thinks I am crazy to think Trever Miller makes the team because Maine and Gaub are better.


SOOOO What do you think?

Until Next Time...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

LMAO! You run a fake rumor site and in return you expect people to donate money for your BS contributions? Do you take us for dimwits? Hate to tell ya, but the majority realize that 99% of the stuff on here is you spewing fake BS or taking credit for rumors that were broken by someone long before you. You've never gotten anything right. I'm sorry, but you've taken it to far this time with your "help us take the next step". Good luck. Call me back when you actually end up with anything significant in terms of money. Best you're gonna do is be able to fill half of your tank in your car in about a couple years, lol.