Shifting Gears

It’s time to shift gears away from day-to-day coverage and wait for the minors to start up. This is the third time in four years that I’ve pulled the plug without a specific action or event, just a feeling that it’s been enough.

It’s an indulgence for a minors site to write about spring training, but especially when there are virtually no jobs up for grabs. There’s a teeny-tiny bit of drama over who might be the backup catcher or who’s the #5 starter, but the big club’s made it pretty damn clear that it’s not going to be one of “our guys.”

So sometime this week, Pedro Severino, Erick Fedde, Victor Robles, and Andrew Stevenson will get the proverbial red card in their lockers and prepare to play the RailRiders on April 5 instead of the Reds on March 29.

This year when the minors start up I’ll be in New Orleans for a work conference (and the Baby Cakes, natch), so it might be a little bumpy at the beginning of Season 9 of this little site. My hope is that the week-long gap (as opposed 2-3 days) will enable the full-season rosters to be set earlier, too (if no one gets hurt).

Until then, we’ll back to offseason mode… waiting for news… waiting for… snow?!