Opening Day Roster Predictions

[calsnowskier]

Spring Training games start soon, so I guess it is time for our official predictions for opening day rosters.

Prizes are follows...

FUCK OFF! THERE ARE NO PRIZES! JUST POST, BITCH!

 

[calsnowskier]

Pitchers

Cueto
Samardzija
Beede
Gausman
Smyly
Jimenez
Watson
Gott
Garcia
T. Anderson
Peralta
Suarez
Selman

Catchers

Posey
Heineman

Infielders

Belt
Sanchez
Crawford
Longoria
Dubon
Solano
Flores

Outfielders

Yastrzemski
Pence
Davis
Slater

Dickerson and Moronta start the season on the IL

 

[LHG]

Pitchers
Cueto
Samardzija
Gausman
Smyly
D Rodriguez
Watson
Gott
J Garcia
Rogers
Blevins
Coonrod
Gustave
Vincent

Catchers
Posey
Brantly

Infielders
Belt
Y Sanchez
Crawford
Longoria
Dubon
Solano
Flores

Outfielders
Yastrzemski
Pence
Dickerson
Hamilton

T Anderson, Moronta, A Garcia - injured list

Half of this roster (mainly bullpen) can be a toss up as to who makes it.

 

[SFGRTB]

This year is tough to say. In past years it was usually just down to the last 2-3 guys. This year I don't even know who the f*ck we have backing up Posey??

And the pitchers, no clue how they view some of these guys.

 

[pachyderm]

wow.
It kinda makes me sick just looking at the first two...

 

[msgkings322]

wow.
It kinda makes me sick just looking at the first two...

Welcome to Rebuild City. This is the process we.wanted.

 

[Mays-Fan]

Boy, a LOT of coin tosses have to come up heads if we are going to even be a .500 club.

 

[stanford the manford]

Welcome to Rebuild City. This is the process we.wanted.

speaking for myself, 'we' wanted this in '17 when the writing was on the wall..... this would be a much different team in '20 if some of that roster was shed for value

 

[stanford the manford]

back from a 3 1/2 week offline exhile (india blocks access to the 'hoop, go figure). walked by the cove today and construction is still in full swing on the bullpens, hard to see how much is left to do.

i'd rather see pillar in that line-up than pence. hunter, love him, was painful to watch in right the last few years at the cove. neither will be around when (if) we reach .500 again, gotta believe pillar's defense will mean more to the team in the short term that anything pence will bring.

hopefully the 'swap' yielded some significant cap space or a prospect. otherwise i just don't see it other than the giants propping up a vet

 

[msgkings322]

speaking for myself, 'we' wanted this in '17 when the writing was on the wall..... this would be a much different team in '20 if some of that roster was shed for value

Well sure, but what happened instead is understandable, considering the city and team history.

 

[msgkings322]

Boy, a LOT of coin tosses have to come up heads if we are going to even be a .500 club.

.500 would be a disaster. No playoffs and a worse draft pick. We need to stink out loud for the next two years and we will.

 

[stanford the manford]

looks like time to shift from 'who on opening day' to 'when tf is opening day?'

nostradamus says with June 1, 2020

 

[pachyderm]

looks like time to shift from 'who on opening day' to 'when tf is opening day?'

nostradamus says with June 1, 2020

He was right about "Hissler"....

 

[LHG]

MLB recently announced that, if the season happens at all, they will allow, for some unspecified period of time, starting with whenever Opening Day starts, teams to carry 29 players on their active roster. They have also frozen all teams from conducting any more transactions, so, theoretically, we could make some decent guesses as to what a 29 man roster would look like. However, FZ is going to go nuts without being able to transact so I expect him to put in waiver claims on every single guy available, as soon as they become available. He'll also probably sign up for about 50 different fantasy leagues today and immediately add, drop and try to trade as soon as the drafts are finished in each of those 50 leagues.

 

[calsnowskier]

MLB recently announced that, if the season happens at all, they will allow, for some unspecified period of time, starting with whenever Opening Day starts, teams to carry 29 players on their active roster. They have also frozen all teams from conducting any more transactions, so, theoretically, we could make some decent guesses as to what a 29 man roster would look like. However, FZ is going to go nuts without being able to transact so I expect him to put in waiver claims on every single guy available, as soon as they become available. He'll also probably sign up for about 50 different fantasy leagues today and immediately add, drop and try to trade as soon as the drafts are finished in each of those 50 leagues.

I honestly fear for FZ’s mental health right now. I fully expect him to be carried off in a straight jacket within 2 weeks.

 

[SFGRTB]

MLB recently announced that, if the season happens at all, they will allow, for some unspecified period of time, starting with whenever Opening Day starts, teams to carry 29 players on their active roster. They have also frozen all teams from conducting any more transactions, so, theoretically, we could make some decent guesses as to what a 29 man roster would look like. However, FZ is going to go nuts without being able to transact so I expect him to put in waiver claims on every single guy available, as soon as they become available. He'll also probably sign up for about 50 different fantasy leagues today and immediately add, drop and try to trade as soon as the drafts are finished in each of those 50 leagues.

29 man roster?? Why?

 

[SFGRTB]

I honestly fear for FZ’s mental health right now. I fully expect him to be carried off in a straight jacket within 2 weeks.

It's hilarious that he optioned a couple guys down to the minors last week, he just couldn't resist.

Plus, in hindsight, it could actually be considered a bad decision because if the season is not played, and all the service time clocks are ticking, this would count as an 'option used' year for anyone not on the active roster.

 

[LHG]

29 man roster?? Why?

Found this, looks like it would be for the first month of the season - Rosters Expected To Temporarily Expand To 29 Players

 

[LHG]

It's hilarious that he optioned a couple guys down to the minors last week, he just couldn't resist.

Plus, in hindsight, it could actually be considered a bad decision because if the season is not played, and all the service time clocks are ticking, this would count as an 'option used' year for anyone not on the active roster.

I fully expect the league to nullify those options if the season never gets played.

 

[LHG]

Here is my way-to-early, if-the-season-were-to-be-played, FZ-may-get-rid-of-half-these-guys-because-he-can prediction of the 2020 Opening Day roster:
Starting rotation - Jonny Cueto, Jeff Samardzija, Kevin Gausman, Drew Smyly, Dereck Rodriguez
Bullpen - Trevor Cahill, Sam Coonrod, Enderson Franco, Jarlin Garcia, Trevor Gott, Dany Jimenez, Wandy Peralta, Tyler Rogers, Tony Watson
Catchers - Rob Brantly, Buster Posey
Infielders - Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford, Mauricio Dubon, Wilmer Flores, Evan Longoria, Yolmer Sanchez, Pablo Sandoval, Donovan Solano
Outfielders - Alex Dickerson, Billy Hamilton, Hunter Pence, Austin Slater, Mike Yastrzemski
Injured List - Tyler Anderson (10), Tyler Beede (60), Reyes Moronta (60), Aramis Garcia (60)
Moronta and Garcia are already on the 60 day IL so Beede's move will open a spot for Cahill. Room on the 40 will need to be made for Brantly, Sanchez, Sandoval and Hamilton.
I am banking on Watson and Sandoval being fully recovered but Anderson still in rehab.