I missed Pinto and Vazquez being sent down last time. Richard Lewis, Geovany Soto, Michael Fontento, John Koronka, Russ Rohlicek also have bent sent down, while Danny Klassen, Peter Bergeron, Jimmy Anderson and Eddie Oropesa are NRI’s no longer, being sent to minor league camp.
Kinda surprised Pinto isn’t been considered for the replacement starter spots, veteran bias or not. Can’t find his spring stats, but I figure the answers might be in there. Anderson and Koronka might get cycles back when the second lefty plans fail.
Carlos Vasquez actually got out righted off the 40 man roster, passed thru waivers. That creates an open spot (without moving Kelton) which will probably be be filled with Chad Fox and/or Scott Williamson.
We’re down to 38 players for 25 spots. You can split them up into three groups.
Guys Who Aren’t Actually Around Right Now
Dave Hansen (appendix)
Scott Williamson (wife’s illness)
Guys Who Are Spring Trianing Filler
Angel Echevarria
Calvin Murray
Cody Ransom
Ronny Cedeno
Jermaine Van Buren
Guys Who Are Fighting For Jobs
Angel Guzman
David Kelton
Sergio Mitre
Stephen Randolph
Michael Wuertz
Chad Fox
It seems like we’ll have Joe close, Dempster spot start, and Rusch as the second lefty. Which means my guess of Ohman making the roster is probably wrong – I just don’t know who’s taking his spot. Probably an extra guy out of the pen. They might have been thinking Hansen before he got got hurt. Might be Kelton just because they have no ideas.
Bruce Levine (ESPN1000) said the Cubs are still working on a deal for A-Ram in the 4 years/$40-$45mil range.
I think I’m going to track the Iowa roster, but we’ve got to get that far first.
40 Man update follows
25 Man Roster POS Number First Last Roster 05 06 07 08 09 10 C 8 Michael Barrett 25 Man 4.00 4.00 4.00 C 9 Henry Blanco 25 Man 1.20 1.50 P 48 Joe Borowski 25 Man 2.30 OF 3 Jeromy Burnitz 25 Man 4.50 P 46 Ryan Dempster 25 Man 2.00 LF 4 Jason Dubois 25 Man 0.32 SS 5 Nomar Garciaparra 25 Man 8.25 UT 15 Jerry Hairston Jr 25 Man 1.80 P 32 LaTroy Hawkins 25 Man 3.50 3.50 OF 28 Todd Hollandswor 25 Man 0.90 1B 25 Derrek Lee 25 Man 7.33 8.50 P 51 Jon Leicester 25 Man 0.32 UT 1 Jose Macias 25 Man 0.83 P 31 Greg Maddux 25 Man 9.00 t+v option P 50 Will Ohman 25 Man 0.05 arb CF 20 Corey Patterson 25 Man 2.80 arb arb arb SS 13 Neifi Perez 25 Man 1.00 P 22 Mark Prior 25 Man 2.75 p escape arb arb 3B 16 Aramis Ramirez 25 Man 8.95 P 37 Mike Remlinger 25 Man 3.80 P 33 Glendon Rusch 25 Man 2.00 p option 2B 7 Todd Walker 25 Man 2.50 t+v option P 40 Todd Wellemeyer 25 Man 0.32 0.32 0.32 arb arb arb P 34 Kerry Wood 25 Man 9.50 12.00 t+v option P 38 Carlos Zambrano 25 Man 3.76 arb arb Count 25 Total 83.68 29.82 4.32 Pitchers 12 Hitters 13 15 Extras on the 40 Man Roster POS Number First Last Roster 05 06 07 08 09 10 IF 68 Ronny Cedeno 40 Man 0.32 P 58 Dave Crouthers West Tenn 0.05 2B 63 Mike Fontenot Iowa 0.32 P 67 Angel Guzman 40 Man 0.05 LF 27 David Kelton 40 Man 0.32 P 64 John Koronka Iowa 0.05 2B 62 Richard Lewis Iowa 0.05 P 52 Sergio Mitre 40 Man 0.32 P 44 Roberto Novoa Iowa 0.32 0.32 0.32 arb arb arb P 54 Renyel Pinto Iowa 0.05 P 45 Stephen Randolph 40 Man 0.32 P 71 Russ Rohlicek Iowa 0.05 C 53 Geovany Soto Iowa 0.05 P 43 Michael Wuertz 40 Man 0.32 Empty Count 14 Total 86.27 OF SFG Moises Alou Buy Out 2.50 2B STL Mark Grudzielane Buy Out 0.25 RF BAL Sammy Sosa Buy Out 16.15 P FLA Luke Haggerty Rule 5 fee -0.05 P KCR Andy Sisco Rule 5 fee -0.05 105.07 OF 19 Angel Echevarria NRI 0.05 P 47 Chad Fox NRI 0.05 1B ?? Dave Hansen NRI 0.05 OF 17 Calvin Murray NRI 0.05 UT 11 Cody Random NRI 0.05 P 27 Scott Williamson NRI 0.32 t option P 76 Jermaine Van Buren NRI-M 0.05 105.69