Playoff Roster?

by TallMatt on Sep 29, 2008 1:42 PM EDT

Gotta get the roster back down to 25....who do you go with?

Definites (19)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Shields, Kaz, Garza, Sonny - starting staff

Balfour (R), Howell (L), Percival (R), Wheeler(R), Bradford(R) - RPs

C - Navarro & someone...probably Hernandez.

IF - Pena, Aki, Bartlett, Longoria

OF - Gross, Hinske, Upton

DH - Floyd

My guess on the other 6------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RP - we need another lefty, Miller has experience and has pitched well lately. He's in.

IF - Aybar & Zobrist (he's on fire, and can play OF)

OF/DH - Rocco, Perez, Crawford (if he's healthy, if not we go with pitcher #11....David Price)

This could leave both Price & E-Jax off the roster....but would anyone have any confidence in Jackson coming out of the pen? I feel bad for him, but what purpose would he really serve right now? The only question I'd have is when we called up Perez...if he's not eligible than CC is definitely in, and we go with 11 pitchers.

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Mostly correct...

but Price is in…fo sho

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by Mound Visit on Sep 29, 2008 1:51 PM EDT reply actions

At least one of Hammel or Price will be on the roster

If one of the starters gets shelled early, they’ll want someone who can go 5 or 6 to save the arms of the rest of the bullpen.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Sep 29, 2008 1:53 PM EDT reply actions

good point

though, I’d add E-Jax to the list of possibilities there.

That would mean we’re at 11 pitchers, so I think that leaves out either Crawford, Perez, or Zobrist….likely Perez or CC, based upon health.

by TallMatt on Sep 29, 2008 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions

gotta have a long guy

what a shame to think Rocco and CC could both be left out of the playoffs, from a purely sentimental standpoint.

Does suck about EJ, the guy starts all year, doesnt get to enjoy what he helped earn. blows

BOHICA

by Mr. Tonight TB on Sep 30, 2008 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions

price should be in before Percival and Miller

i’d rather have Jackson than Percival, too

Hinske’s no lock, especially if Crawford can play.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Sep 29, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply actions

as great as his story has been

I would rather Perez than Rocco, he simply brings more to the table.

by Dbullsfan on Sep 29, 2008 6:07 PM EDT reply actions

Amen!

by rayweaver on Sep 29, 2008 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions

really?

i would have to say that rocco is safe and wont be used all that much, only as a PH and the DH against LHP’s and i would be sad to see rocco not on the playoff roster after all he has come back from. HINKSE MUST GO!

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by RaysOfHope on Sep 30, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions

Why keep a guy who won't be used much?

Rocco strikes out too much for me. Perez can steal bases. Perez is a better defender at this time. Rocco isn’t available everyday. He has had some clutch hits since he’s been back, but it’s not enough to keep him around.

by rayweaver on Sep 30, 2008 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

I would say...

Jackson makes it. Invariably, there is going to be a game where the Rays will get blown out in their next month of baseball, and you certainly don’t want to burn up your 5 key bullpen guys in that game(s).

by PSmith7 on Sep 29, 2008 8:59 PM EDT reply actions

didn't want to start a new FS but this is from Lancaster

The Rays have some middle-infield insurance for the playoffs.

Reid Brignac, whose minor-league season ended Aug. 6 when he was hit by a pitch and suffered a broken lef wrist, is healthy and playing in the Instructional League.

Should the Rays suffer an injury up the middle during the playoffs, they wouldn’t hesitate to activate Brignac, Andrew Friedman said.

No major news on the roster front today. Friedman said Troy Percival’s status is still unsettled, and the same goes for Carl Crawford.

The only players who have been told they’re not on the roster are pitchers Jeff Niemann, Mitch Talbot and Juan Salas. No surprises there.

by Dbullsfan on Sep 29, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions

now I am about as big of a Brignac fan as you will find

but there is no way I want to see him anywhere near the field in the playoff’s. The guy looked shaky in the middle of the season, now have him away from baseball for 2 months and try to throw him in the playoffs. I would rather see Velandia.

by Dbullsfan on Sep 29, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions

The cream rises to the top?

by rglass44 on Sep 29, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

i would think that zobrist would be the starter if something happens

brignac would be added just in case something happens to him or aybar

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by RaysOfHope on Sep 30, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions

by Longo Land on Sep 30, 2008 4:15 PM EDT reply actions

SPs:

1. Shields
2. Kaz
3. Garza
4. Sonny

RPs:
5. Balfour
6. Howell
7. Wheeler
8. Price
9. Jackson
10. Miller
11. Bradford

Position Players

12: Navi
13. aki
14. Barty
15. Longo
16. CC
17. Upton
18. Gross
19. Hernandez
20. Perez
21. Aybar
22. Floyd
23. Zobrist
24. Pena (don’t mean to put him 24th I jsut forgot him)
25. Hinske

I have no problem putting Percival in instead of Miller or Hinske. I’d prefer Hinske though

by matthan on Sep 30, 2008 5:57 PM EDT reply actions