Perhaps the thing that stands out the most about this year’s edition is how much larger the second row is than the first. Granted, that’s usually true since that’s where the pitchers go, but it’s hard not to notice there as many RHPs as Notable Arms.
Much of that, of course, is due to three factors:
- Guys who were hurt (no M*A*S*H)
- Draft picks who don’t pitch/play the same year they’re drafted
- The pandemic caveat
Rather than detail all the changes from when this first appeared, I’ll just say that I took the suggestions/corrections from the comments, added the Rule 5 picks, and made a couple of swaps.
For the newbies, which I vainly hope is due to my larger BlueSky following, here are the caveats:
• It’s not a depth chart – Players are listed primarily by the highest level they’ve played, minors or majors. I’ve resisted the urge to alphabetize by last name to hammer this point home.
• Most of these guys will not make it past High-A – This probably the hardest truth for people to accept. Just take a look at this post from 2021 and then think about how many of these guys are no longer playing professionally.
• It’s not a prediction of usage – Almost every position player makes a change from when he was drafted to when he makes it to The Show. Smart orgs use pitchers in multiple ways before settling because it’s easier to convert a starter to a reliever than vice-versa. Never mind that the rules and the game is making the fireman (the guy who comes in to put out the fire when the fire is burning instead of waiting for the 9th) a thing again.
| C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Lomavita | Morales | Glasser | Made | House | Crews |
| Rombach | Quintana | V. Peña | King | Wallace | Hassell |
| Bazzell | Tavares | Dugas | Dickerson | Mota | Pinckney |
| Lile | |||||
| Cox | |||||
| Green | |||||
| E. Ramirez | |||||
| Hurtado | |||||
| RHP | LHP | ’24 Picks | DSL Guys | Notable Arms | Notable Bats |
| Lord | Alvarez | R. Diaz | A. Feliz | Cavalli | Baker |
| Stuart | Saenz | Kent | J. Feliz | Brzykcy | M. Romero |
| Sinclair | Clemmey | Petersen | Cabrera | Reifert | De La Rosa |
| Lara | Bloebaum | Cranz | Lunar | Choi | Pimentel |
| Grissom | Roman | Jamison | Liriano | Bennett | White |
| M. Gomez | Requena | L. Young | Cruz | ||
| Mo. Diaz | Robles | Bollenbacher | Vaquero | ||
| Atencio | J. Sanchez | Hall | Cooper | ||
| Susana | Tejeda | Beeker | |||
| Arias | D. Perez | ||||
| Sykora | R. Ramirez | ||||
| B. Romero | C. Sanchez |
As time allows, this will be posted to the tab above and in the sidebar. Over the course of January and into February, I’ll build out the pages while I wait for the prospect books to arrive (or be released).
From time to time, I’ll let you know when I’ve finished a category or two, but you can also check to see when a category has been hyperlinked. That means I’ve finished it.
In the meantime, feel free to discuss in the comments…