Lots of interesting questions from an organizational standpoint now. In no particular order...
1.) Do you add Pache to the roster to get his feet wet since there's no taxi squad and likely no minor league games? With the ability to platoon Ender with him, you can accomplish several objectives. He doesn't lose a developmental season, and you can get him even more ABs later on if there's the extended AFL that was talked about after seeing higher level pitching for a bit (more or less a long spring training).
2.) Do you leave Riley OFF the roster entirely (or for the majority of the season) since there's not going to be a universal DH hoping to recoup some of the service-time burned last year while he was so completely lost at the plate? Send him to that extended AFL to get him ABs assuming the level of pitching will be better than it has in recent years? (Not sure that will be possible given the number of days he's spent on the 40-Man Roster already.) He and Camargo aren't exactly a great platoon to begin with, and with a 10 week season where Ozuna and Duvall are in the last year of their contracts he's not likely going to log any time in the OF. If Freddie needs a day off you can just play Culberson or Markakis over there (and I think d'Arnaud has logged some time over there before as well).
3.) Do you add Anderson to the pitching mix if you decide to piggyback guys in some way so he doesn't lose the entire developmental year and send King Felix packing? If you use Soroka, Hamels, Folty, and Fried as your "SPs", you could conceivably pair two of Newk, Wright, Wilson, and Anderson for 3 innings each every 6th day and have everyone pitch once a week.
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