tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post6136877713153777242..comments2024-01-06T02:22:33.000-05:00Comments on Camden Depot: Cup of jO's: Three Ideas about Roster ChangesJon Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-25253630617290458292016-09-12T12:43:30.052-04:002016-09-12T12:43:30.052-04:00I think expanded rosters serve another purpose as ...I think expanded rosters serve another purpose as well. It allows managers to give extra rest to everyday players who may be battling and playing through tough injuries. Of course this will have a varying effect depending on whether a team is definitely in or battling to make the playoffs in September. However, I think in the playoffs you want teams to resemble, as closely as they can, the optimum product they can put on the field. This makes for more exciting playoff baseball with the best players as refreshed as they can be at the end of the long season. Hopefully it prevents to some extent clubs needing to sit players or play starters at 70% health during the postseason.<br /><br />A second purpose is simply getting your top minor league players experience at the MLB level. Even if they don't play regularly, they can observe the routines of their MLB counterparts. They can see how much faster the game is at the MLB level. They can see how the best MLB players go about preparing for games. The they can come back to the minors the next year with the knowledge of what they may need to do to help take their game to to the next level and prepare for how the games is played at the MLB level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-26592872860707345262016-09-11T23:21:41.194-04:002016-09-11T23:21:41.194-04:00Love the rule 5 idea. The rule five draft is one ...Love the rule 5 idea. The rule five draft is one of my favorite things about baseball because it checks off my favorite boxes: The underdog getting a chance, the team getting a cheap gamble, fans seeing a new and unexpected face( have YOU seen Joey's commercial? I have, and I live in Texas…)<br />And the prospect of getting a worthwhile player( which, btw, Jason Garcia is not)<br />I dislike the loan system idea. I root for Orioles, not guys from the Royals-for example- who'll return to the Royals in March.Pipnoreply@blogger.com