Baltimore Orioles Baseball

Nothing Simon does in 20 innings of Spring Training ball is going to convince me that Alfredo Simon should make the O's roster that comes North. That said, his start tonight likely guranteed him a roster spot, possibly in the rotation. 6innings, 1 er, 4 hits, 1 bb, 3...

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/schmuck/2009/03/shocker_pitching_situation_sti.htmlMy opinion on the roster coming North has not changed since last Sunday...http://baltimoresportsandlife.blogspot.com/2009/03/opening-day-2-weeks-from-tomorrow-one.html

Penn – Turns 25, on October 13th http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/P/hayden-penn.shtml2008 AAA Age 23 6-7 4.79 ERA 99.2 IP 110 hits 65 k’s 35 walks2006 AAA Age 21 7-4 2.26 ERA 87.2 IP 71 hits 85 k's 27 walks 5 homers2005 AA Age 20 7-6 3.83 ERA 110.1 IP 101 hits...

Sheets avg 150 innings per season the past 4 years... not great, but better than his reputation. In 2008 Sheets went:13-9, 198.1 innings, allowing 181 hits, 158 k's, and 47 walks. He had a torn-flexor in his pitching elbow, that scared away teams this off-season. It...

Roberts has been ill since he returned from the World Baseball Classic on the 23rd... it is not a tremendously big deal, but you have to have the radar up a bit. It has been described as a severe cold, so you would think Roberts is still eating and not losing...

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_28_balmlb_slnmlb_1Eaton went 5innings, allowing 9hits, 5er, 4bb, and 3k's...... my guess is the only thing the team currently cares about, is his ability to throw 5innings. Albers pitched yet another scoreless inning,...

http://masnsports.com/2009/03/a-few-early-notes-1.htmlI think this clearly illustrates Penn is going to make the team, at a minimum out of the bullpen.. and still has a chance to leave camp in the rotation.

I am not advocating the below roster.... I understand as well as anyone why this can not happen... I just think it makes for interesting discussion... If you were not worried about contracts, or development... and you were solely interested in forming the most...