per cbssportsline... http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/spring/turfwars

Long Reliever: Yorman Bazardo, Denny Bautista

Full-Time Left Field: Marcus Thames, Jacque Jones

A Roster Spot: Ryan Raburn

Lefty Specialist: Tim Byrdak, Bobby Seay, Macay McBride


I don't know about you, but I want Ryan Raburn on the team. I love what he showed last year, he can play 2B, 3B, RF, or LF.

I really wish we could dump either Vance Wilson (so Inge could be backup Catcher) or trade Brandon Inge, so he could be on the team...

If you give Raburn & Inge each 150 MLB At Bats, I would almost guarantee, Raburn hit's 20+ points higher...

My prediction is that Inge is dealt by May. Jones gets 65% of the LF starts.

A brief history of watching Dombrowski tells me that whether or not guys have minor league options left will be 85% of the determination as to who makes the team coming out of spring training.
If a guy without options is about to be replaced by a guy who will be using his last option to come up, the guy without options will be traded for a player-to-be-named-later.

Vance Wilson will not be ready when the season starts. Sardinha will potentially be the backup. He sucks really bad offensively.

My suggestion: have Sardinha catch Willis and let Willis bat, with the DH covering Sardinha's AB's.

DH can only take the pitcher's spot unfortuantely.

That's a crappy rule.