re: Early baseball observations

I made this post on another site breaking down what I see as possible cuts right now, meaning this can and likely will change over the course of the next month or so. Some of y'all will probably hate it, call me crazy or dumb, and downvote to oblivion because it will have some well known and liked names as possible cuts. And that is fine, but instead of criticizing, if you disagree, tell me why and who you think would be cut instead:

The breakdown of players currently (counting Shaffer who won't be here till January) is 22 pitchers and 27 position players. It is unlikely that Johnson cuts more than 1-2 pitchers, as he has traditionally carried at least 20 pitchers on a roster, and I think it is more likely that it is only 1, leaving 8 cuts from position players.

Of the 27 position players, 15 are returning players from last year's team: Crews, C. Doughty, Morgan, Thompson, Dugas, Milazzo, Drost, Gio, Cranford, Safford, B. Doughty, Bianco, Beloso, Travinski, and Wyeth. I think it is almost inevitable that whatever cuts there are will come from those 15 as it would be hard to see Johnson cutting a true freshman or even someone that just transferred here unless they are just that bad.

Of the 15 returners, I think there are at least 5-6 guarantees, which are the first 6 I listed. That brings you to 9 players left. There has been discussion and it is possible that Travinski may be able to qualify for a medical redshirt, thus not counting him towards the 40 and eliminating the need to cut 8 players; so now we have 7 cuts from probably 8 players to do it from. If Drost stays performing the way he is then he will be safe. That means the remaining returners would be your 7 that get cut, which would be Gio, Cranford, Safford, B. Doughty, Bianco, Beloso, and Wyeth. Only way any of them get protected is if Johnson cuts 2 pitchers instead of 1 and cuts any freshmen or transfers.

That would be a pretty astonishing list of players to cut.