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  1. Ro Mueller
    After learning earlier of the plans to start 1B/C Wes Clarke and OF/INF Noah Campbell in AA ball, along injuries to LHP Robert Gasser and INF Christian Arroyo, I guess the main surprise for me is RHP James Meeker being absent. I'd thought that Meeker was a shoo-in and that RHP Justin Yeager might be the unfortunate odd man out. Instead, they're both out, presumably in order to give the team an extra lefty arm in the form of 26-year old LHP Nick Bennett (big congrats!). I'm guessing that LHP Darrell Thompson and RHP Chad Patrick are being placed on a reserve list or bumped to AA Biloxi.
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    Nashville Sounds Release Opening Day Roster Trifecta of Top Prospects, Young Talent Make Up the 2024 Club
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    I think it's as simple as the coach wants a lefty bat (Dunn) to replace the lefty bat (Mitchell) which got injured. Neither Haase nor Dunn was going to make the team, but now Dunn squeezes in. I've literally been tweet searching 'catcher injured' for the past week and I think it now becomes even more relevant. If someone loses a catcher to a 60-day injury within the next one week, they'll likely become the best trade partner. Otherwise, we'll probably just take whatever mediocre offer comes across - e.g. from the Marlins, Athletics, etc. Coach Murphy suggested that Haase's contract is structured in a way that makes it likely that he can be retained, but I disagree. If he stunk in Spring Training (like Hiura last year), then Haase would be far more likely to clear waivers in my opinion.
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    My friend, I struggled with this too at first, but there's a possibility that this decision was made jointly with the player, essentially following a "keep catching" path which has helped Cooper Hummel and David Fry make the big leagues. In Nashville, you have to figure that the catching starts will be 4 games Quero, 2 games Navarreto each week. Quero needs the experience and Navarreto needs to stay fresh. Then Coach Murphy or another senior coach mentioned that Black should play 4 days at first base and 2 days at third base. So Clarke would basically have been left with 1-2 first base starts and 2-3 DH starts per week. Wes Clarke has been listed as the starting catcher in 7 Minor League Spring Training games thus far (vs. Wood 5, Kahle 4, Norman 3, Diaz 3, Navarreto 2, Yerzy 2, D. Garcia 2, Quero 1, D. Miller 1, R. Rodriguez 1). As such, I'm guessing Wes will get at least 3 starts behind the plate in Biloxi per week, paired up with 2 players amongst Ramon Rodriguez, David Garcia, Andy Yerzy or Nick Kahle.
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    I guess this is the only way to get Clarke some catching reps.
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    OF Hedbert Perez placed on Low-A Carolina's 60-day injured list Perez started a Major League spring training game on March 9, being pinch run for after doubling and moving to third base on a ground ball in the 5th inning
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    From here, I'm guessing that Wes Clarke, Brian Navarreto and Aaron Ashby will head straight to Toledo for Nashville's opening series. I hope that Justin Yeager accompanies them.
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    Tough break, literally. Murphy’s obviously very high on Mitchell and was going to give him lots of playing time. Gotta figure Arnold will be tempted to claw back an arbitration year by optioning Mitchell to AAA after recovery. I believe he needs to be optioned for at least 56 days to achieve that.
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    This feels like a case of More Questions than Answers. Have the AAA players (except Clarke, Meeker, Chirino) started packing up to head to Nashville (or even Toledo - opening game this Friday)? Is long-time SS (but now OF apparently) Eduardo Garcia seriously in contention for a spot in AA ball? Could INF Daniel Guilarte really be forced to repeat time at Low-A Carolina?
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    If Bryan Hudson is in (congrats to him), it likely means that Bukauskas is out (to be optioned to AAA). It also likely kills any idea of starting the season with 14 position players and 12 pitchers (like when Ji-Man Choi made the OD roster in 2018), setting up a big Haase vs. Perkins (or maybe an Ortiz, Monasterio or Bauers surprise) decision.
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    Gary Sanchez has caught 17 innings over the past 3 days. It seems reasonable to say he’s ready for Opening Day.
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    Happy to see four more lineups today, including RHP Blake Whiting's first appearance since early September 2023 at Low-A Carolina. The 24-year old registered 13 Ks in 7.1 IP in the ACL and Low-A last year, including 4 Ks and 2 saves in the ACL playoffs which don't show up in his official stats.
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    Julio Teheran will probably be hoping to land an MLB contract like Chase Anderson recently did.
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    That’s just the Cubs trying to scam us into thinking Ross is good. RESIST! Don’t fall for it!
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    Yeah. I’m assuming we won’t be willing to DFA Vieira (or Bauers). Of course, there’s also the possibility of putting Sanchez (or some more surprising player) on the injured list. And we could sign Clevinger!
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    So the Brewers really only have two Opening Day decisions left, I think: - keep two (max 1 pitcher) of Haase, Perkins, Hudson, Bukauskas
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    I guess they heard you, as today’s lineup cards include Ibarguen, Di Turi and Nadal, each of whom has not yet played above DSL ball. We also have our first Brian Navarreto sighting of the spring. Nature and athletes are healing.
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    I fear he’s been dealt a bad hand, like Hodgson at Liverpool. You lose Woodruff, Burnes, Devin for half a season, Miley for a few weeks… He’s gotta avoid a disastrous first 6 weeks, which is a scenario which can’t be ignored with this much change - see Packers 1984. I wish Mark would do right by Murph and add one more impact player, helping the club and injecting some energy/confidence for the first month.
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    This is the first time we're seeing LHP Darrell Thompson this spring and perhaps the first time we've ever seen LHP Mark Manfredi's name (24-year old, 9th round draft pick in July 2023 who started 15 of 16 games for Dayton University last year).
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    Thank you Mass Haas. Digging further, I think you’re correct as the definition of Domestic Reserve List apparently doesn’t include optioned players. Cool - so that’ll free up about 11 places (assuming 3 MLB 40-man roster players are on short-term injury stints).
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    In respect of the 165-player stateside Minor League roster limit (excluding players on long-term injured lists): We presently have 34 players remaining in Major League camp, with an expectation that we'll place Devin Williams on the injured list, option 6 players to AAA and reassign the 1 remaining non-roster invitee (Arroyo). So that's 7 players coming to the Minor League side By perhaps no coincidence whatsoever, we've just placed 7 Minor League players on long-term injured lists today (Low, Knarr, Calzadilla, McGee, Crow, Morelo, Reyes) That said, I don't actually see a real roster crunch until ACL ball starts in the first week of May, as that's when we'd formally promote about 15 players to stateside ball
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    RHP/1B Quinton Low placed on 60-day injured list LHP Brandon Knarr placed on 60-day injured list RHP Gerson Calzadilla placed on 60-day injured list RHP Easton McGee placed on 60-day injured list RHP Coleman Crow placed on 60-day injured list RHP Fray Morelo placed on full season injured list RHP Rosmel Reyes placed on 60-day injured list
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