Greg Rajan tweeted out a preliminary roster:
P: Rollins, Jankowski, Ballew, Sogard, Rodgers, A. Robinson, West, Seaton, Heidenriech, Shirley, De Leon, Geith, Cain, L. Cruz.
C: Tyler Heineman, Rene Garcia, M.P Cokinos
IF: Nolan Fontana, Jio Mier, Enrique Hernandez, Matt Duffy, Joe Sclafani.
OF: Andrew Aplin, DeLino DeShields Jr., Leo Heras, Chris Epps, Preston Tucker.
27 players, 2 over the limit. At least one pitcher (perhaps two) would need to go.
As far as position players, I assume Cokinos will slot in as the 1B. Don't see any huge surprises elsewhere, although you could argue that Tucker should be at OKC. But since he only played a half-season with the Hooks last year, I'm not really shocked to see him back here.
Among the pitchers, I'm guessing the 8-man rotation would consist of Cruz, Cain, Rodgers, West, Heidenreich, Rollins, Seaton and Shirley.
I would have thought we'd see Kyle Smith among the pitchers. Wonder if there's an injury.
(Note to admins: could someone set up the separate team threads?)
