2024 Rosterbation

[calsnowskier]

Barring any changes, there is a good chance that Mason Black cracks the Opening Day rotation. He likely would have been a candidate by midseason anyway, but circumstances might have him in SF sooner than that.

Spider/Harry/Hicks/Black....Lorenzen?

I doubt ANY FA SP who signs at this point would be ready by opening day.

 

[LHG]

Barring any changes, there is a good chance that Mason Black cracks the Opening Day rotation. He likely would have been a candidate by midseason anyway, but circumstances might have him in SF sooner than that.

Spider/Harry/Hicks/Black....Lorenzen?

I doubt ANY FA SP who signs at this point would be ready by opening day.

Winn out of the running? I haven’t heard anything since he got sidelined

 

[tzill]

apparently, Cobb is way ahead of schedule. Threw 25 pitches on the side yesterday without any restrictions. Will pitch BP Monday.

Rumor is late April.

 

[sf1giantfan]

Bart is on fire!!! 2-2 so far today .429 BA

 

[calsnowskier]

Bart is on fire!!! 2-2 so far today .429 BA

His best hope for staying with us is him learning to play the OF and/or 1B/3B. But I just don’t see any room for him. He doesn’t have any more options, and we are already deep at C, 1B and the OF. MAYBE he is building some trade value??

 

[sf1giantfan]

His best hope for staying with us is him learning to play the OF and/or 1B/3B. But I just don’t see any room for him. He doesn’t have any more options, and we are already deep at C, 1B and the OF. MAYBE he is building some trade value??

Yep trade value, as long as the Giants don’t expect too much and they have to waive him.

 

[LHG]

His best hope for staying with us is him learning to play the OF and/or 1B/3B. But I just don’t see any room for him. He doesn’t have any more options, and we are already deep at C, 1B and the OF. MAYBE he is building some trade value??

Davis was building trade value in spring training and look where that got him. Of course, Bart isn’t carrying the same weight on his contract but he also doesn’t have the big league production history of Davis either.

 

[tzill]

Per Slusser, Cobb will pitch -- in a game -- Saturday. He'll be ready mid April.

We are OUT on Snell now for sure.

 

[sf1giantfan]

Per Slusser, Cobb will pitch -- in a game -- Saturday. He'll be ready mid April.

We are OUT on Snell now for sure.

Wow good news

 

[tzill]

So, with the recent Cobb news, here's my current WAG for the roster:

SP -- Spider, Harry, Hicks, Black, Cobb
RP -- Doval, Jax, Tyler, Taylor, Winn, Walker, Miller, Small
C -- Bales, Murph
IF - LWJ, Flowers, Tyro, Ahmed, Chappy, Fitz
OF -- Forto, Lee, Yaz, Slater
DH -- Soler

 

[tzill]

And five minutes later, I'm already wrong.

 

[calsnowskier]

So, with the recent Cobb news, here's my current WAG for the roster:

SP -- Spider, Harry, Hicks, Black, Cobb
RP -- Doval, Jax, Tyler, Taylor, Winn, Walker, Miller, Small
C -- Bales, Murph
IF - LWJ, Flowers, Tyro, Ahmed, Chappy, Fitz
OF -- Forto, Lee, Yaz, Slater
DH -- Soler

Cobb will likely still start the season on the 15. He isn’t expected back until mid-April at the earliest.

 

[calsnowskier]

And five minutes later, I'm already wrong. View attachment 356788

Your opinions held up better than normal. I tip my cap at the improvement.

 

[sf1giantfan]

Bart is on fire!!! 2-2 so far today .429 BA

He is even more on fire today!!! 3-4, 3 runs, 2 RBI, .474 average, 1.016 ops

Giants might have to find a spot for him

 

[filosofy29]

He is even more on fire today!!! 3-4, 3 runs, 2 RBI, .474 average, 1.016 ops

Giants might have to find a spot for him

I wish Bailey could he our designated fielder.

 

[LHG]

He is even more on fire today!!! 3-4, 3 runs, 2 RBI, .474 average, 1.016 ops

Giants might have to find a spot for him

At this rate he is going to get released tomorrow

 

[tzill]

Bullpen thoughts 3.12 edition:

Locks (5): Camilo Doval, Tyler Rogers, Taylor Rogers, Ryan Walker, Luke Jackson

In the running: Ethan Small (On 40-man), Amir Garrett, Cody Stashak, Daulton Jefferies, Spencer Howard, Juan Sanchez, Nick Avila, Keaton Winn, Mason Black, Sean Hjelle, Landon Roup, Hayden Birdsong.

I'd think Jefferies is close to being a lock at this point. One or two of those guys will be in the rotation.

 

[calsnowskier]

Bullpen thoughts 3.12 edition:

Locks (5): Camilo Doval, Tyler Rogers, Taylor Rogers, Ryan Walker, Luke Jackson

In the running: Ethan Small (On 40-man), Amir Garrett, Cody Stashak, Daulton Jefferies, Spencer Howard, Juan Sanchez, Nick Avila, Keaton Winn, Mason Black, Sean Hjelle, Landon Roup, Hayden Birdsong.

I'd think Jefferies is close to being a lock at this point. One or two of those guys will be in the rotation.

I would like Roupp to start in Richmond. He is getting buzz, but I think he is still essentially a 1-pitch pitcher.

Black is probably the leading contender for the rotation. He will certainly be graduating this year, so putting him on the 40 isn’t that high of a cost. Winn probably has the other rotation spot, but he is battling some minor injury issues, apparently. If they don’t want to open with 5 starters and instead want to wait out Cobb (not my preference), then they probably hold Black back a bit.

 

[LHG]

Padres just traded 3 prospects and a young reliever to the White Sox for Dylan Cease. According to mlb.com, those prospects rated 5, 7 and 8 in the Padre org. Not sure how their farm compares to the Giants, but if you look at the top 30 for the Giants and go number for number, that would have been Walker Martin, Hayden Birdsong, Mason Black and Ryan Walker for Cease.

 

[calsnowskier]

Padres just traded 3 prospects and a young reliever to the White Sox for Dylan Cease. According to mlb.com, those prospects rated 5, 7 and 8 in the Padre org. Not sure how their farm compares to the Giants, but if you look at the top 30 for the Giants and go number for number, that would have been Walker Martin, Hayden Birdsong, Mason Black and Ryan Walker for Cease.

The top prospect they sent to the Sox (Thorpe) is generally rated as about a top 60 prospect. I think that kinda lines up with Lucy. The other two kids are not ranked nationally, but both look pretty good. Iriatre is a 22 yo pitcher who has already made it as high as AA. Without knowing anything about him, I would guess he would be expecting to make it to the bigs by ‘25. The other player is a 19 yo power hitting OFer who has already seen some time in high A. The major leaguer they sent is already 29, so Walker isn’t a good comp for him at all. He looks OK, but I think he is the “throw in” of the 4 players.