Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Blog Bat-Around: Reds 40-Man Roster, No Corporate Autos Allowed

25 autos making the Opening Day roster. 15 autos from dudes who have yet to (and may not) make the majors at all. At least not as a Red, anyway.

Oh, and these ain't necessarily the best autos. Just ones I like a lot for various inane reasons.

Main rule is none of the super-soft auto sessions in an air-conditioned building with an agent and a fresh supply of sharpies. These cards need to have been mixing it up in the heat and dirt of a big-league park. Or the living room of the signer, I guess.

We start with the coaching staff:

Sparky, Dusty, Jack McKeon, Bob Boone, Ted Power, Bryan Price, Russ Nixon, Vern Rapp.

CATCHERS
Corky Miller, Hank Foiles

INFIELD
   
            
Joey Votto, Mariano Duncan, Chris Sabo, Terry Pendleton, Gookie Dawkins, Alex Grammas

OUTFIELD
Eric Davis, Ron Gant, Jeff Conine, John Edwards, Adam Dunn

STARTING PITCHERS
Jose Rijo, Jack Armstrong, Jim Brosnan, Johnny Cueto, Ricky Bones

RELIEVERS
   
     
    
Rob Dibble, Xavier Hernandez, Kent Tekulve, Danny Graves, John Franco, Clay Caroll, Raisel Iglesias

MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACTS



   

   

Ray Rippelmeyer, Tyler Stephenson, Hector Mateo, Daniel Renken, Aristides Aquino, Noochie Varner, Shed Long, Justin Towle, Travis Chick, Yasmani Grandal, Justice French, Jonathon Reynoso, Brandon Roberts, Narciso Crook, Ronald Torreyes

Go Reds.

3 comments:

  1. Hahaha I thought about adding minor league prospects but didn't want to push it too far. Nicely done.

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  2. That Votto signed rookie is awesome!

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  3. You have waaay more managers than any other BBA lineup I've seen. And a farm team! Very nicely done.

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