Thursday, March 29, 2018

Opening Day Roster

Starters: Ty Blach, Johnny Cueto, Chris Stratton, and Derek Holland.
Yup--only four for now.

Relievers: Pierce Johnson, Roberto Gomez, Sam Dyson, Cory Gearrin, Josh Osich, Hunter Strickland, Tony Watson, and Mark Melancon.
No word this morning on Melancon--he may join Bumgarner and Samardzija on the DL.

Infield: Buster Posey, Brandon Belt, Joe Panik, Evan Longoria, and Brandon Crawford.
I think we are expecting a lot from this bunch.

Outfield: Gregor Blanco, Gorkys Hernandez, Austin Jackson, Hunter Pence, and Andrew McCutchen.
Pence has never played left field in his career!

Bench: Nick Hundley, Pablo Sandoval, and Kelby Tomlinson.
I think we are all curious about what Panda can still do.

That's the 25-man roster at 8:00 a.m.

GO GIANTS!

--M.C.



****UPDATE: Mark Melancon starts the season on the DL. Reyes Moronta takes his spot.****

2 comments:

M.C. O'Connor said...

It seems the Melancon signing, which looked good at the time, is a disaster. They are saying "flexor strain." I take all injury descriptions with a grain of salt, we really don't know anything. But if you take "flexor strain" at face value I don't see how it is good. This study says the median MLB DL time from 2010-2014 for this injury was 42 days. Matt Cain had this one in 2015.

Julian Fernandez goes on the 60-day DL.

M.C. O'Connor said...

1-0 to go 1-0!!

Woo-hoo!!