Opening Day roster projection, first guess
I’m getting an early start on this feature this year. This is an informed guess, and I’ll update it as the spring goes along.
Starting pitchers (5)
Adam Wainwright
Chris Carpenter
Jake Westbrook
Jaime Garcia
Kyle Lohse
Relief pitchers (7)
Ryan Franklin
Kyle McClellan
Jason Motte
Mitchell Boggs
Miguel Batista
Trever Miller
Brian Tallet
Catchers (2)
Yadier Molina
Gerald Laird
Infielders (6)
Albert Pujols
Skip Schumaker
Ryan Theriot
David Freese
Nick Punto
Tyler Greene
Outfielders (5)
Matt Holliday
Colby Rasmus
Lance Berkman
Allen Craig
Jon Jay
Not a lot of controversy there. And obviously subject to change.
-M.
Matthew Leach
For the sake of discussion, I like Salas over Batista. Thought he was quite impressive last year when he stuck around later in the year, though, he’s still young.