Kind of looks that way. I had an idea that he may be better until I read what Dave had to say.

Nope, they just sent him down to minor league camp – they didn’t cut him outright. OK, technically he was released last year, but that was just to get him off the 40 man. He’s on a minor league deal this year.

In other words, Moore has a shot to be an average big-league catcher.

I also was of the mind either Vargas or Olson would claim a job, albeit as a reliever. Funny how it works…

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That was from the Clement thread (7:33pm)

Is that what you were asking or were you looking for more detail?

There are a number of interesting decisions the M’s and Rainiers will have to make. Do they keep Dorman? Keep the Thorpe-as-starter experiment alive, and in AA? Keep Sean White as a reliever? Doing one or all of these results in someone being released or pushed down. I can see them cutting Dorman (who’s a great story and can be effective, but is on the wrong side of 30) or Stark. They could also return Patrick Ryan (acquired in the AAA phase of the Rule 5 draft).
The bigger question is what to do with Gaby Hernandez. He’s clearly not the prospect he used to be, but I think the M’s had to hope he’d be ready to start in AAA this year. If he’s not, then they really need to figure out why.

In the OF, how many starts in CF does Saunders get? I can see them giving Redman the majority, and having Saunders play more in the corners. This is what they did when Saunders played for the R’s last year, but they’ll probably still want him to play CF occasionally (similar to the way they handled Wlad).
It’ll also be interesting to see if they keep up with this bizarre LaHair to LF experiment. That would help Shelton get some 1B time, or it might allow them to bring up someone like Johan Limonta if he continues to hit in AA.
Doing something to keep Corona would really help, because I’m not quite sold on the idea of Navarro getting 99% of the time at SS. Crabbe’s a solid 2B, but having Corona (who’s played some SS) would be nice.

The real crunch might be in AA, with the pitchers who don’t stick here fighting it out with the vets like Denny Stark, Rich Dorman, Andy Baldwin, Sean White or Tracy Thorpe. Then, you might get the M’s trying to push some of their top starters out of High Desert quickly. At 1B, you’ll have Thomas Hubbard there again, and Johan Limonta will be repeating as well. Add in Ian Bladergroen, and I really don’t know what they’ll do. Someone goes to the OF, I guess.