March 25, 2011

BP Unfiltered

Depth Charts Update 3/25

by Sky Kalkman

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We've made some smaller changes since the last big update, but I'm here to announce another round of mass changes. You can find the most significant of them below.

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Latest round of changes:

• Moved Brendan Ryan to SS and Jack Wilson to 2B. (SEA)
• Plugged in Ryan Langerhans as the backup outfielder in place of Gabe Gross. (SEA)
• Demoted Matt Dominguez to the minors and split the third base duties among a group of players. (FLO)
• Straightened out the Blue Jays starting rotation and backup outfielders. (TOR)
• Shared some of Frank Francisco's saves with Jon Rauch. (TOR)
• Designated Brandon Beachy as the fifth starter in place of Mike Minor. (ATL)
• Entered Luis Castillo and Jesse Barfield into the mix for second base at-bats. (PHI)
• Replaced Luis Hernandez with Chin-Lung Hu as the Mets utility infielder. (NYN)
• Shifted playing time from Hank Conger and Brandon Wood to Mike Trumbo and others. (LAA)
• Moved Kevin Slowey to the bullpen and gave Scott Baker a full time starting gig. (MIN)
• Input Matt Treanor as backup catcher in place of Mike Napoli. (TEX)
• Shifted some center field time from Julio Borbon to David Murphy. (TEX)
• Shared some of Drew Storen's closing duties with Tyler Clippard and Sean Burnett. (WAS)
• Decreased Lance Berkman's time in right field in favor of Jon Jay. (STL)
• Split the fifth starter role between Carlos Silva and Andrew Cashner. (CHN)
• Moved Pablo Sandoval up to sixth in the lineup. (SFN)
• Docked Jon Garland a few starts in favor of Tim Redding. (LAN)
• Installed Rick Ankiel as the starting center fielder. (WAS)
• Split closer duties evenly between Craig Kimbrel and Jonny Venters. (ATL)
• Shifted some starts from Tommy Hunter to Michael Kirkman. (TEX)
• Demoted Fernando Perez in favor of Reed Johnson as fifth outfielder. (CHN)
• Switched the second base job from Blake Dewitt to Jeff Baker and Darwin Barney. (CHN)
   

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