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Who joins the team next week from AAA or the DL? Burkhalter has to go one the 40-man over the winter, so I would think he's a likely candidate. Sale off the DL. That would leave room for one more.

I've been griping since the FCL season ended a month ago that it has prevented recent HS draftees from having a place to appropriately get their feet underneath them. I honestly don't know what MLB is thinking seeing they let the Dominican Summer League regular season go on until last week...

If this indeed turns out to be a lost season, we've at least been given the opportunity to see some guys in extended playing time. At the very least, Alvarez could be the back-up IF the team desperately needs. Team still needs a starting SS, but Alvarez could plug in there for a few innings if...

He and Paul Snyder were an excellent player development team. They really put a great blueprint in place that fueled the 1990s-early aughts teams. It didn't hurt than Schuerholz had access to Ted Turner's wallet, but when you think of all the homegrown talent that was on those teams it's a...

That was Dustin Peterson that got banged up in the bus crash. Maybe Davidson was on board the same bus and maybe he did miss some time (too lazy to look it up), but I know Peterson was out for a couple of weeks and he really wasn't the same player after that. As for Southisine, his hands look...

We won't know until we see more of McCabe at the AAA level, but there are several teams that are really scuffling at the position. With Olson in tow for the next few seasons, there probably isn't a place for McCabe in Atlanta, but (depending on performance) he should at least earn a look at the...

Clohisy is worth watching. Big SB numbers when in Rome. Still the South Atlantic League leader with 60 even though he hasn't been there for two weeks. Depending on how rosters are constructed in Atlanta or elsewhere, he's the kind of player who could find himself contributing provided he...

Braunschweig should be in the meat of the order.

Again, if one goes into Mr. Peabody's Wayback Machine, guys like McCabe were pretty common when there were 6 guys on the bench. But most teams currently carry only 4, largely because of the DH. The versatility angle is important. I can remember McCabe was mentioned in a Keith Law article that...

He was on fire last week. He supposedly is no gazelle in the field, but a switch-hitter who can play the corners wouldn't be a bad thing to have on the bench.

Not that it means anything, but in a vote by all 33 of mlb.com's individual team correspondents, Baldwin got 24 first-place votes, Marlins' C Ramirez got 4 and Collins got 3.

Baldwin is going to be the Rookie of the Year and I doubt it will be even close.

He's bounced around quite a bit. When he first came up with the Rays, he looked like a player but it's been all tools and no skills. Multi-position guy who is a jack of all trades/master of none with the glove. One of those guys who looks the part and as a result seems to find his way onto a...

The guy just fell off the earth after having a really solid season with the Rays in 2018 with 3.5 bWAR, but that was pretty much it for him, although he stole 46 bases the next year with the Mariners. Great speed.

I see the Dodgers optioned Esteury Ruiz and Dean has a similar profile. Good luck to him. Like Carp, I always thought he deserved a bit more of a look.

Posted late last night, so I'm not discounting the possible effects of alcohol.

You have Remlinger correct. Other guy doesn't really matter.

No. Clue: Ivy League grad. First-round draft pick of a team other than the Braves.

I think he had a blueprint and he stuck to that blueprint religiously and lost sight of the fact that it's important in the current era to allow for flexibility when it's needed. When he took over, he did just that with short-term high-AAV deals (Donaldson, Ozuna first time around) to...

Maybe. He was a two-way player in high school and a lot of scouts thought his future lie on the mound.