[lex24]

Cactus league hitting makes it difficult to figure out who should be on the roster.  Currently, 22 position players have a 1.000 OPS or better on the Giants spring roster. Comparatively underwater regulars include Slater, Ruf, Duggar, Pederson, Vosler and Brandon Crawford.  So this is my position player roster estimate (14 without Longoria or Late Night LaMonte Wade):

Catchers: Bart, Casali
1B: Belt
2B: La Stella, Estrada
SS: Crawford, Dubon
3B: Flores
OF: Yastrzemski, Slater, Ruf, Duggar, Gonzalez, Pederson

Pitching is going to be interesting.  The Giants have 11 pitchers who have a 0.00 ERA with a WHIP of 1:00 or less.  There will be some difficult cuts. The starters all look pretty good.  Webb is a 5.00 ERA, the other four are between 1.17 and 1.80.  Not bad for cactus.  I think Sam Long won't make it, same with Jarlin Garcia, Beede, Oswalt, Huang. 

Rogers will be difficult, horrible ERA right now, but led the league in games pitched in both 2020 and 2021.  12-4 career record, 7-1 last year, 13 saves, 2.22 ERA.  I think he'll get the benefit of the doubt.  Sub-1.100 career WHIP.  If he had enough innings, he'd be #6 in career MLB WHIP among current major leaguers. 

I think 13 pitchers will be on the roster to start:

Starters: Webb, Rodon, DeSclafani, Wood, Cobb

Set up men: Rogers, Doval, Littell, Leone
Others: Brebbia, Alvarez, Castro
Closer: McGee

That's 27.  Wade & Longoria on injured list to start season.  28th...not sure.  Blandino, maybe?

Jarlin Garcia is a lock. So is Rogers. What either do in ST is irrelevant as both are established. 28 suggests 14/14 split. Blandino not on forty, which makes it tough.

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Hoping mods will allow this. There is enough interest, I believe, to justify a new thread for the upcoming season.  I’ll start with win predictions - 80.

80 wins? Seriously? With the starting rotation that they have, you have them as a below .500 team. Wow. The D-backs are projected to win 65 and the Rockies 68, they are two of the worst teams in the NL and will play the Giants 38 times. Even a hundred point drop in win percentage gets them to 91. I'll be an optimist and go 93, a .575 win percentage.

I want to be wrong……

[lex24]

Cactus league hitting makes it difficult to figure out who should be on the roster.  Currently, 22 position players have a 1.000 OPS or better on the Giants spring roster. Comparatively underwater regulars include Slater, Ruf, Duggar, Pederson, Vosler and Brandon Crawford.  So this is my position player roster estimate (14 without Longoria or Late Night LaMonte Wade):

Catchers: Bart, Casali
1B: Belt
2B: La Stella, Estrada
SS: Crawford, Dubon
3B: Flores
OF: Yastrzemski, Slater, Ruf, Duggar, Gonzalez, Pederson

Pitching is going to be interesting.  The Giants have 11 pitchers who have a 0.00 ERA with a WHIP of 1:00 or less.  There will be some difficult cuts. The starters all look pretty good.  Webb is a 5.00 ERA, the other four are between 1.17 and 1.80.  Not bad for cactus.  I think Sam Long won't make it, same with Jarlin Garcia, Beede, Oswalt, Huang. 

Rogers will be difficult, horrible ERA right now, but led the league in games pitched in both 2020 and 2021.  12-4 career record, 7-1 last year, 13 saves, 2.22 ERA.  I think he'll get the benefit of the doubt.  Sub-1.100 career WHIP.  If he had enough innings, he'd be #6 in career MLB WHIP among current major leaguers. 

I think 13 pitchers will be on the roster to start:

Starters: Webb, Rodon, DeSclafani, Wood, Cobb

Set up men: Rogers, Doval, Littell, Leone
Others: Brebbia, Alvarez, Castro
Closer: McGee

That's 27.  Wade & Longoria on injured list to start season.  28th...not sure.  Blandino, maybe?

Jarlin Garcia is a lock. So is Rogers. What either do in ST is irrelevant as both are established. 28 suggests 14/14 split. Blandino not on forty, which makes it tough.

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Hoping mods will allow this. There is enough interest, I believe, to justify a new thread for the upcoming season.  I’ll start with win predictions - 80.

80 wins? Seriously? With the starting rotation that they have, you have them as a below .500 team. Wow. The D-backs are projected to win 65 and the Rockies 68, they are two of the worst teams in the NL and will play the Giants 38 times. Even a hundred point drop in win percentage gets them to 91. I'll be an optimist and go 93, a .575 win percentage.

I want to be wrong……