The final roster moves have been made before today's 2pm deadline to finalize the opening day roster. Hayden Penn and John Raynor get the final two roster spots, while Ramon Vasquez was DFA'd and Steve Pearce sent to AAA.
The Bucs have 10 days to either trade or release Vasquez, so it's almost certain they will release him and eat his salary of 2 million for this season.
Here is what the opening day roster will look like
Starters: Zach Duke, Ross Ohlendorf, Paul Maholm, Charlie Morton, Daniel McCutchen.
Relievers: Octavio Dotel, Brendan Donnelly, Evan Meek, Javier Lopez, D.J.Carrasco, Jack Taschner, Penn.
Catchers: Ryan Doumit, Jason Jaramillo.
Infielders: Jeff Clement, Aki Iwamura, Ronny Cedeno, Andy LaRoche, Bobby Crosby, Delwyn Young.
Outfielders: Lastings Milledge, Andrew McCutchen, Garrett Jones, Ryan Church, Raynor.
Carrasco and Taschner had to also be added to the 40-man roster. The release of Vasquez and Jose Ascaino to the 60-day DL, cleared spots for them.
Spring Notes: Bucs finished with an MLB worst 7-21 spring record.
Batting: McCutchen led the team hitting .351, followed by Milledge at .308.
Young led the team with 6Hr & 18 RBI's
Pitching: Carrasco led the team with a 2.25 ERA and a .184 opponents batting average against (my prediction is that he will lead all relievers in innings pitched for the second straight season. He will be forced to pitch alot.)
Other ERA's- Maholm 4.30 (best among starters), Duke 6.27 and Ohlendorf 9.61.
As you know, I place no stock in spring numbers, but I figured I'd throw that in for those who do.
The time for optimism is nearly over, opening day is tomorrow. The road to losing season #18 begins. I will be in attendence. I'm working on a new Bucco project for this season. I will give details later
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