Playoff Roster
Thanks to a Braves win and Phillies loss, the lead is back to 5 and the magic number down to 3. With the postseason now virtually assured, it's time to start working out a playoff roster. I'm going to assume an 11-man pitching staff.
First, the sure things:
C -- Estrada, McCann
1B -- LaRoche, Julio
2B -- Giles, Orr
SS -- Furcal
3B -- Chipper, Betemit
OF -- Langerhans, Andruw, Francouer
SP -- Smoltz, Hudson, Sosa, Thomson
RP -- Farnsworth, Reitsma, Boyer, Davies, McBride, Foster
This leaves two position player slots and one pitcher slot. Horacio is the likely 11th man, which, despite the fact that I don't much like him, saves us the embarassment of having to choose between Brower and Kolb. Thank goodness Thomson had a good outing yesterday.
The position player battle will involve Hollandsworth, KJ, and Jordan for the remaining two slots. That is, unless Cox does his goofy three-catcher thing and takes M Norman's fave, Brayan Pena. Let's just press on, hoping not.
KJ is so buried right now he looks up to find other, more recently buried people. Cox seems to have settled on Hollandsworth, despite the fact that he's no better. Leaving the last spot between KJ and Jordan. I can't quite believe I'm saying this, but there's not much sense in having two lefthanded outfielders on the bench. The postseason roster is all about matchups, so this arm of Brave-O-Matic is officially endorsing Brian Jordan for the final roster spot.
(shiver)
First, the sure things:
C -- Estrada, McCann
1B -- LaRoche, Julio
2B -- Giles, Orr
SS -- Furcal
3B -- Chipper, Betemit
OF -- Langerhans, Andruw, Francouer
SP -- Smoltz, Hudson, Sosa, Thomson
RP -- Farnsworth, Reitsma, Boyer, Davies, McBride, Foster
This leaves two position player slots and one pitcher slot. Horacio is the likely 11th man, which, despite the fact that I don't much like him, saves us the embarassment of having to choose between Brower and Kolb. Thank goodness Thomson had a good outing yesterday.
The position player battle will involve Hollandsworth, KJ, and Jordan for the remaining two slots. That is, unless Cox does his goofy three-catcher thing and takes M Norman's fave, Brayan Pena. Let's just press on, hoping not.
KJ is so buried right now he looks up to find other, more recently buried people. Cox seems to have settled on Hollandsworth, despite the fact that he's no better. Leaving the last spot between KJ and Jordan. I can't quite believe I'm saying this, but there's not much sense in having two lefthanded outfielders on the bench. The postseason roster is all about matchups, so this arm of Brave-O-Matic is officially endorsing Brian Jordan for the final roster spot.
(shiver)
posted by Sam Bass | 10:08 AM
2 Comments:
I don't like it, but I think it comes down to matchups. Right now Julio is our only righty on the bench, and you know how managers shuffle pitchers in and out of the bullpen during the playoffs. Jordan had a 769 OPS vs LHP this year -- not great, but probably our best option.
At first I thought Kolb would make it, but that's when I thought he signed a two-year contract. Turns out it's only one year with a team option. I think (hope) it's likely we'll end our association with him at the end of the regular season.
If Kolb makes the playoff roster, I abandon all hope before the first pitch
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