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Tony this is a nicely organized list, thanks for putting it together.

Not sure if this has been discussed elsewhere, but Elias said the other day there were "three position player spots" up for grabs. 

I take that to mean the potential Stowers and McKenna spots may also be "Bubble" in management's eyes. Since you have to assume the spots for Rutschman, McCann, Mountcastle, Frazier, Urias, Mateo, Henderson, Hays, Mullins, and Santander are NOT up for grabs. 

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38 minutes ago, Spy Fox said:

Tony this is a nicely organized list, thanks for putting it together.

Not sure if this has been discussed elsewhere, but Elias said the other day there were "three position player spots" up for grabs. 

I take that to mean the potential Stowers and McKenna spots may also be "Bubble" in management's eyes. Since you have to assume the spots for Rutschman, McCann, Mountcastle, Frazier, Urias, Mateo, Henderson, Hays, Mullins, and Santander are NOT up for grabs. 

Thanks, and you are probably right. I still think they are on the team unless they have awful springs, but with Elias, you never know. I'll move them down a level from making it for sure though.

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10 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

I would think Kjerstad gets a very long look in ST this year.

He can’t make the team but he could by up by the middle of the year if he is having a big first half, so the more experience he can get now the better.

Realistically, the fastest he’d be up is on the Gunnar track.   Gunnar played like the no. 1 prospect in baseball and that got him to the majors by the end of August.  Kjerstad is several years older, which warrants pushing him along, but at the same time, he’s got less game experience than Gunnar did entering last year.  

As to how long Kjerstad will be in camp, I’d guess about two more weeks.  Of course, if he hits two homers a game, he might stay a bit longer.  😇
 

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3 minutes ago, interloper said:

This is a great OP that, if updated all spring, will be one of the longest OPs in OH history. :D

I'm not sure how anal you're trying to be about updating it @Tony-OH, especially when it comes to guys with no shot, but Maverick Handley got into yesterday's game (2/26) and went 0-1 with a K. 

Thanks for the update. Typically I try to get everyone in so we know they played and are healthy then just update with anything significant But I would love to get some help on this by posting in the thread like you did. Makes it easier for me to update.

 

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8 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Thanks for the update. Typically I try to get everyone in so we know they played and are healthy then just update with anything significant But I would love to get some help on this by posting in the thread like you did. Makes it easier for me to update.

 

I like nerding out on the boxscores, so happy to help. Here are some others I found:

2/26 Neustrom 0-2 K

2/26 Holliday 0-1, BB and K

You have a few guys listed with the dates in March instead of Feb. 

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8 hours ago, interloper said:

This is a great OP that, if updated all spring, will be one of the longest OPs in OH history. :D

I'm not sure how anal you're trying to be about updating it @Tony-OH, especially when it comes to guys with no shot, but Maverick Handley got into yesterday's game (2/26) and went 0-1 with a K. 

Listened to the broadcast yesterday and it sounded like he blocked a lot of pitches in the dirt...  and looking at Twitter he got 6 straight sliders/cutters and foul tipped the 6th (94.5 mph) into the catcher's glove.  Handley and Rodriguez got in to today's game late and both went 1-1.  

So almost every catcher with with invite to MLB camp has exactly one hit.  (McCann's came in the 9 run inning where everyone got a hit.)  

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