Originally Posted by
moonslav59
I did. my point was, however, that the bottom of the 40 man roster is now at a point where it seems the choices are much harder. The players are much less "crummy," but you'd never know that reading the game threads. (My top 3 were Brasier, Diekman and Plawecki or Sawamura- only because we have 4 catchers on the 40.)
At the risk of upsetting anyone who hates my lists, I think these are very eye-opening and place great emphasis on just how bad the bottom of the 40 was after 2019. Granted, many were chosen by Bloom at or near the min wage, but when you are forced to cut salary, it is what it is.
Some of the many players who populated the bottom of the 40 in 2020, and remember, if the season had been 162 games not 60, we might have seen more names:
Listed in order of most PAs or IP (I guess some would have to be called top 15 or 20 out of 40, at some point...
Chavis
Pillar
Peraza
Plawecki
Arauz
Lin
Munoz
Puello
Grullon
Lucroy
Perez (#1 in IP)
Weber (#3)
Valdez 4
Mazza 5 (was crummy for us)
Godley 6
Brewer 7
Brasier 8
Springs 10 (was crummy for us) pro-rated to 50 IP!!!
Brice 11 (pro-rated to 50 IP)
Osich 13
Covey 14
Kickham 15
Stock 16 (Pro-rated to 35 IP)
Walden 17 (same)
Hart 18 (to 26 IP)
Hembree 20
M Hall 21
DHern 22
Triggs 23
Lever 26
Tapia 27
That's 31 names. Maybe discount 2-3 as not worthy for a crummy label, and we're still at 28-29 names cycling through the bottom 20-25 slots over the season.
To me, this is STUNNINGLY HORRIFIC! (THis is where some context is needed when remembering just what the starting point was for Bloom. Then, factor in no Betts, no Price, no sale, no ERod and just a quarter season from Beni and three-quarters for Nate. (Note, I only listed players who played and not guys like Jeff Bandy & CJ Chatham.)
Now, we will see a marked improvement in 2021, and instead of 20-25 slots where replacement level or worse players were recycled, we see about 8-12 somewhat "crummy" labeled players in the bottom of the 40.
Again, listed in order of PAs or IP:
Marwin (8th in PAs & was DFA'd)
Plawecki 11
Cordero 13 (sucked back then)
Santana 14 (127 PAs!)
Chavis 16 (Is playing better for PIT, now)
Arauz 17 DFA'd this season
Lopez
Wong
Munoz
Motter
Richards 4th 137 IP (Not really bottom 10-20.
Perez 5th 114 IP (same)
Ottavino 8th (same)
Sawamura 10
DHern 13th 40 IP
Valdez (same)
Andriese 15th 37 IP was DFA'd
Workman (acquired)
Brice 20th 12 IP
Brasier 21
Weber 22
Peacock 23
Feliz, Gonsalves, Bazardo, Seabold, Brennan, Espinal, Crawford, Brewer, Ort
I got a little loose here, so let's say 25 names cycling through the bottom 10-15 slots.
Now, 2020's worst players on the 40:
(In order of 40 man roster seniority)
Brasier
DHern
Valdez
(Arroyo?)
Groome
Wong
Seabold
Sawamura
RHern
Crawford
Downs
Winckowski
Diekman
Robles
(Some on this list do not deserve to be associated with the word "cummy," and to me, this list shows a vast improvement from 2020 and even 2021.
is it just me?