March 6, 20233 yr The games aren't played on paper. They're played on television. Or, they used to be.
March 6, 20233 yr We looked really deep on February 20th but now are wondering about 26 man roster in 3 weeks. Miranda - Arm Gordon - Ankle Pagan - still Pagan Larnach - still hurt Kirilof - still hurt Buxton & Polanco - recovering Martin - toasted elbow Henriquez - elbow/arm issues 9 guys off top of my head - surely I missed someone……..at least 6 of these guys are slated to be on the 26 man roster for sure. Scary……hopefully, Miranda & Gordon are OK in 10-15 days. Buxton - Polanco in a game someday soon would be encouraging! PAPER ROSTER doesn’t get any W’s.
March 6, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, JD-TWINS said: We looked really deep on February 20th but now are wondering about 26 man roster in 3 weeks. Miranda - Arm Gordon - Ankle Pagan - still Pagan Larnach - still hurt Kirilof - still hurt Buxton & Polanco - recovering Martin - toasted elbow Henriquez - elbow/arm issues 9 guys off top of my head - surely I missed someone……..at least 6 of these guys are slated to be on the 26 man roster for sure. Scary……hopefully, Miranda & Gordon are OK in 10-15 days. Buxton - Polanco in a game someday soon would be encouraging! PAPER ROSTER doesn’t get any W’s. Larnach is starting in LF tomorrow, and Kirilloff has been taking live BP with no pain. Neither of those guys are hurt. Miranda is interesting, but if he can play 1B and DH it's all good. Sounds like Buxton and Polanco are both fine. Just taking ST slow. Which doesn't concern me for veterans. Pagan still being Pagan is a problem I have no hope for a cure. Henriquez isn't all that high on the pitching pecking order, but I hope he's not looking at a missed year. If he is, I hope they do the surgery sooner than later so he can be back for most of next year. Martin is a bummer. Hopefully if it's TJ for him he's at least back DHing before the end of the year. Gordon plays the position with the most depth on the team. If he misses opening day it just means Larnach is there instead. Hope he gets back in a week or 2, but it's not a major loss if he's on the IL to start the year. I agree you don't win on paper, but I don't see any real questions about the 26 man roster at this point.
March 6, 20233 yr 8 minutes ago, chpettit19 said: Larnach is starting in LF tomorrow, and Kirilloff has been taking live BP with no pain. Neither of those guys are hurt. Miranda is interesting, but if he can play 1B and DH it's all good. Sounds like Buxton and Polanco are both fine. Just taking ST slow. Which doesn't concern me for veterans. Pagan still being Pagan is a problem I have no hope for a cure. Henriquez isn't all that high on the pitching pecking order, but I hope he's not looking at a missed year. If he is, I hope they do the surgery sooner than later so he can be back for most of next year. Martin is a bummer. Hopefully if it's TJ for him he's at least back DHing before the end of the year. Gordon plays the position with the most depth on the team. If he misses opening day it just means Larnach is there instead. Hope he gets back in a week or 2, but it's not a major loss if he's on the IL to start the year. I agree you don't win on paper, but I don't see any real questions about the 26 man roster at this point. Glad to hear positives on Larnach & Kirilof…..neither has the real positive history to bet on, but I’ll keep my chin up. Miranda playing 1B instead of Kirilof v. LH pitching makes sense……sort of neutralizes Solano’s value though……..I don’t see Miranda DHing v. RH pitching in front of Larnach - Gallo - Gordon……nor playing 1B in front of Kirilof -Gallo. Short-term arm issue hopefully, if not, Miranda’s value in ‘23 isn’t great.
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