카즈 & 다저스 플옵 로스터 일부분 공개

Troy Glaus will be on the St. Louis Cardinals’ roster for their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Dodgers despite missing most of the season while rehabbing from shoulder surgery.

After a two-hour workout Monday that stressed fundamentals, manager Tony La Russa said Glaus showed him enough in the last few weeks to think he could be helpful off the bench. But the manager said Mark DeRosa will be his starting third baseman.

Glaus hit .172 with two RBIs in 29 at-bats in 14 games, with two doubles and two RBIs.

Infielder Khalil Greene, twice sidelined by social anxiety disorder and limited to 18 at-bats after August, is not on the roster. Greene batted .200 with six homers and 24 RBIs and lost his job after Brendan Ryan emerged at shortstop during his absence.

“He feels good, and I think he’s excited about his prospects for next year,” La Russa said. “But as far as playing time, I think Troy will give us more.”

La Russa said he’s going with 12 pitchers and 13 position players, and that utilityman Joe Thurston made the roster. He has not determined the final bullpen spots, yet.

John Smoltz and Kyle Lohse will be available in relief in Games 1 and 2 on Wednesday and Thursday in Los Angeles, and one of them will start Game 4 if it’s needed on Sunday in St. Louis.

La Russa said Smoltz, who has closing experience, would likely be used for a hitter or two while Lohse could come on in long relief.

“We’ll do what we can to win and use everybody we have to, and assess where we are when we fly back Friday,” La Russa said.
칼리어 그린(Khalil Greene)이 빠지고 트로이 글로스(Troy Glaus)가 포함된다는군요.
그리고 다저스 홈에서 스몰츠(John Smoltz)와 카일 로쉬(Kyle Lohse)가 릴리프로 이용될 거는군요. 이 두명중에 한명이 4차전 선발로 나올거라고 합니다.

투수 12명에 타자 13명을 가지고 갈거라네요. 유틸리티 조 선더슨(Joe Thurston)이 포함되는군요. 카즈팬들이 이 녀석에 대해 욕하는걸 들은 적이 있는데....스텟이나 올시즌 하는 것 보진 않았지만 별로였으니 욕했겠죠.

Catchers (2)
Russell Martin, Brad Ausmus

Infielders (7)
James Loney, Orlando Hudson, Rafael Furcal, Casey Blake, Ronnie Belliard, Juan Castro, Mark Loretta

Outfielders (4)
Manny Ramirez, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Juan Pierre

Starting Pitchers (2)
Randy Wolf, Clayton Kershaw

Relief Pitchers (5)
Jonathan Broxton, George Sherrill, Hong-Chih Kuo, Ronald Belisario, Ramon Troncoso

truebluela에서 올린 예상 로스터입니다.
릴리퍼 5명과 포수 2명, 선발투수 2명은 확정적이라고 보시면 될겁니다.

That leaves five spots:

Lefty Pinch-Hitter (1)
Jim Thome has struggled as a pinch hitter, both this season and in his career.  He has four singles in 17 at-bats as a Dodger.  He can't run, because he's slow and because he has a bad foot.  He can't play first base, because of chronic back problems.  Yet I believe he will make the roster over Doug Mientkiewicz, simply because Thome represents the threat of power, something lacking on the Dodger bench.  Mientkiewicz would be a fine choice for a spot, especially if his shoulder is healed enough to play first base if needed, and in fact I would take him over Loretta, but I don't think that will happen.
내야수 & 핀치히터부분인데, 짐 토미는 다저스에서 17타수 4안타로 부진하고 발바닥부상을 가지고 있는지라 불안하지만, 밍키역시 포구는 되지만 송구가 안된다는게 게임 후반부에 그를 대수비로 넣기도 애메한 상황입니다.
선발 라인업에 블레이크 - 퍼칼 - 헛슨 - 로니가 들어간다고 봤을때 대타(&/or 벤치맴버)로 벨리아드가 들어갈 것으로 예상됩니다.
토미와 밍키의 이런 저런 이유를 들어 불안하긴 하지만 좌타대타가 있어야할 상황이니 상대적으로 괜찮은 밍키가 들어갈 수도 있어보입니다. 카스트로가 타격이 조금만 더 된다면 로레타를 빼는데 조금도 주저함이 없을텐데...토토리 키재기 같지만 그래도 로레타가 타격이 더 좋긴하죠.

Starting Pitchers (2)
Three guys are fighting for two spots, to start games three and four.  Joe Torre hasn't officially named his starters for those games yet, but based on other comments he has made, I believe Chad Billingsley will start game three as long as he gets through his simulated game today in Arizona without any problems.  That leaves Vicente Padilla and Jon Garland fighting for the other two spots.  Padilla has pitched better of late, but over the course of the season, they were pretty similar pitchers (4.46 FIP for Padilla, 4.48 for Garland).  I believe Padilla will be the choice to start Sunday in St. Louis.
오늘 빌링슬리가 교육리그에서 5이닝동안 82개의 공을 던졌다는군요. 아마 3차전 선발로 나올거 같습니다. 이럴경우 4차전선발을 누구로 내세울 것인가가 문제인데, 어제 잘했던 파디야거나 플옵 경험이 많은 갈랜드가 후보겠죠.

Relief Pitchers (2)
I think Garland gets the nod as the long man in the pen, leaving Jeff Weaver out in the cold.  That leaves one more bullpen spot, which I think will go to James McDonald, over Guillermo Mota and Scott Elbert.  McDonald had a good season as a reliever, after a shaky start in the rotation, posting a 2.72 ERA and a 3.41 FIP from the bullpen.  Over the last two months, McDonald has passed Mota on the depth chart, even when Mota was fully healthy.  The other viable option is Elbert, because the Cardinals struggle so much against left-handed pitchers.  However, the Cardinals really only have three lefty batters:  Skip Schumaker, Colby Rasmus, and Rick Ankiel.  Their struggles with southpaws are largely due to their right handers failing to hit them (hitting .244/.328/.392), and I don't think Torre would use Elbert to face a righty, regardless of how they hit lefties.  If the Dodgers were facing the Phillies, Elbert would have been more likely to make the roster, simply because they have more left handed batters Elbert could face in a LOOGY situation.
릴리퍼 5명으로는 부족하고 한 두명정도는 더 넣겠죠. 일단 디비전 시리즈 상대가 (좌타라인이 많은) 필리스가 아니라 카즈인지라 엘버트가 들어갈 가능성은 낮아졌습니다. 물론 카즈가 올시즌 좌투수에게 고전했지만 로스터에 3명의 좌타자뿐인 카즈를 상대로 쿼홍치나 쉐릴만으로도 충분하겠죠.
선발에서 탈락한 선수가 롱릴리프로 들어갈 가능성도 있고 모타나 맥도날드가 경쟁할 가능성도 있지만 아무래도 경험적인 측면에서 위버가 가장 앞서지 않나 싶네요.

That's my prediction for the NLDS roster.  What's yours?