Doesn't necessarily fit in the offseason thread - Mods feel free to move it you disagree.

Given that most of our higher-ranked prospects are relatively advanced, it's probably reasonable to believe that most of the veteran signings are going to get a quick look in camp and might be released relatively quickly so they can try to catch on with someone else - particularly the arms. For instance...

1.) If King Felix shockingly looks good early - or Wright, Wilson, or Anderson shows they're ready - you've now got Newk, Minter, AND Dayton vying for the 2nd and 3rd LH pen slots. Since all three of those guys still have options remaining, there's not much reason to believe Chris Rusin or Chris Nunn would need to be asked to hang around in Gwinnett all summer - especially after no one poached Burrows and when you consider one of Davidson, Pfeifer, or Muller may ultimately fit better as a reliever.

2.) It would be great if Solarte somehow returned to his 2015-2017 form and won the battle for the 26th roster spot, but now that Markakis is going to become your primary pinch-hitter is there really a need to ask him to hang around in Gwinnett? It'd be nice to have that extra LH bat as a super-sub guy, but if Riley makes adjustments Camargo goes back to that role. With Hechavarria and Culberson back in the fold, younger guys like Unroe and Jack Lopez around, and Shewmake potentially getting bumped to AAA midseason there's not a whole lot of reason to have middle infield ABs going to Solarte and Kozma - if you have the types of injuries that make you reach that deep the season's not going to turn out very well anyway.

3.) Alonso is interesting IMO. If he looks good, keeping him around would seem to make sense since he likely won't have other opportunities. He'd probably have signed elsewhere to begin with since he's a 1B/DH only guy and we con't have a DH spot available. If Snitker remains Snitker, Freeman's going to play 150+ games and we don't really have a close-to-ready alternative in the event Freddie gets hurt. If Davidson shows something in his return from injury you might be happy enough to let him play 1B in Gwinnett, but it probably can't hurt to have him at least start out the season in AA.

4.) Ortega, Peter O'Brien, and Robinson are probably competing for two spots in Gwinnett, and you'd think O'Brien would have a leg up over Robinson since he provides the extra flexibility of being able to handle 1B. Keeping two of those guys means Jenista could start out in Mississippi.

5.) With four of Weigel, Ynoa, Webb, Sobotka, and Walker likely ticketed for Gwinnett and Hoekstra, Johnstone, and Graham still around there doesn't seem to be much of a reason to ask Ben Rowen to hang around since he doesn't have any options left.