What is the story about?
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only did Andrew Painter have a good outing yesterday, but the trio of left handers that the team is looking to bring north – Jose Alvarado, Tanner Banks and Kyle Backhus – all had scoreless outings as well. Might they all actually be on the team on Opening Day?
Sounds like you’re looking for a roster projection! Stay tuned.
On to the links.
Phillies news:
- Cristopher Sanchez is off to help the Dominican Republic in the WBC, but his changeup on Saturday looked in midseason form.
- Aidan Miller says he is pain free with his back issues, but the team will continue to exercise caution with him ($).
- Edmundo Sosa and Adolis Garcia are more like brothers than friends ($). Maybe that will lead to a better season from the latter?
MLB news:
- The Cardinals are rebuilding in a big way, but they still want to keep their manager around, giving Oli Marmol a two-year extension.
- Let’s just go ahead and project each lineup and rotation spot for each of the 30 MLB teams. I feel like this is not that difficult.
- The Padres continue to claim reclamation projects to look at, this time signing Alex Verdugo to a minor league contract.
