2015 Opening Day 25-Man Roster

[blueagleace1]

If the season started tomorrow, what do you think our 25-man roster looks like?

Give us your take on the following:

Opening Day

1. Lineup

2. Bench

3. Rotation

4. Bullpen

 

[emk418]

Markakis RF
Jace 2B
Freeman 1B
Gattis LF
CJ 3B
Simmons SS
Bethancourt C
BJ CF

AJ
Callaspo
Gosselin
Almonte
Vet pinch hitter picked up. Gomes/Ludwick/Schierholtz/KJ/Beckham

Teheran
Wood
Shelby
Minor
Banuelos

Kimbrel
Grilli
Johnson
Russell
Simmons
Vizcaino
Hale

 

[Heyward]

C- CBet.
1B- Freeman.
2B- Callaspo.
SS- Simba.
3B- CJoh.
LF- Gattis.
CF- BJ.
RF- Markakis.

Bench.

AJ.
Jace.
Gosselin.
Almonte.
Vet picked up.

Teheran
Wood
Miller
Minor
Banuelos or a veteran.

Kimbrel
Grilli
Simmons
Johnson
Viz
Russell
FA lefty.

 

[CyYoung31]

RF White Heyward

2B Fat Peterson

1B Our Last Good Hitter

LF His Bearness

3B Johnson

SS Not Not Simmons

CF Wrong Upton

C Little Laird

C A.S.S. Hole

IF The Nymph

IF Goose

OF Mount Zoilo

IF Veteran Presence

SP Julio "Down By The School Yard" Teheran

SP Woody

SP The Guy We Traded Heyward For

SP Minor Tweak

SP Viva La Ban

RP The James Russell Terror

RP The Ruins of Avilan

RP Shae "Ice Man" Simmons

RP Veteran Presence Rebuilding Project

RP Grilled Cheese

RP Another Johnson

CP Kimpossible

 

[weso1]

You know ole Fredi can't help but go with the righy/lefty lineup things so he'll have either Simmons or BJ in the 2 hole. Probably Simmons because you don't want BJ in the 2 hole.

I personally would like us to sign a veteran for the 5th spot in the rotation and put Banuelos in AAA and let him continue to come back and be our 6th starter. That would give us 7 starters with Hale.

 

[nsacpi]

Lineup:
1. Markakis RF
2. Simmons SS
3. Freeman 1B
4. Gattis LF
5. Johnson 3B
6. Callaspo 2B
7. Upton CF
8. Bethancourt C

Rotation: Teheran, Minor, Miller, Wood, Harang

Pen: Kimbrel, Grilli, Simmons, Johnson, Hale, Avilan, Russell

Bench: Pierzynski is the only lock. The competition for the two infield spots will be between Peterson, Gosselin, Pastornicky. Among the outfielders, two spots will be up for grabs with the candidates being Almonte, Cunningham, Terdoslavich, Constanza and Hunter. In those types of competitions whether a player is out or options or not often plays a surprisingly large role. Unless they play themselves out of competition during spring training this will help Almonte, Constanza and Pastornicky. It is unclear if Toscano will have a visa by spring training. I suspect even if he did he will end up starting his career in the minors.

 

[blueagleace1]

Thanks for responding guys! Here's my guess at it...

Opening Day Lineup:

1. (LH) Nick Markakis - RF

2. (RH) Andrelton Simmons - SS

3. (LH) Freddie Freeman - 1B

4. (RH) Evan Gattis - LF

5. (RH) Chris Johnson - 3B

6. (S) Alberto Callaspo - 2B

7. (RH) Christian Bethancourt - C

8. (RH) B.J. Upton - CF

Bench:

(LH) A.J. Pierzynski - C

(RH) Phil Gosselin - 3B/2B/SS/OF

(LH) Jace Peterson - 2B/3B

(S) Zoilo Almonte - OF

(LH) Nate Schierholtz - OF

*I feel they will have to get an extra OF to use as a defensive replacement for Gattis late in games

Starting Rotation:

1. Julio Teheran - RHP

2. Alex Wood - LHP

3. Shelby Miller - RHP

4. Mike Minor - LHP

5. Aaron Harang - RHP

Bullpen:

Craig Kimbrel - CL

Jason Grilli

Jim Johnson or Michael Kohn

James Russell

Luis Avilan

David Hale

 

[AerchAngel]

Pain

Visions of the late 70's Braves is overwhelming me.

 

[NYCBrave]

Pain

Visions of the late 70's Braves is overwhelming me.

Looking at this projected team is paper is not inspiring much optimism. Then again, we looked amazing on paper last year and went on a free fall.