Reinforcements to bolster the staff were expected during the off-season—a deal for Brett Anderson fell through because of injury concerns—but unless something comes together with Santana or Jimenez, Gibbons is looking at a front four of R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle, Brandon Morrow and J.A. Happ, with plenty of candidates for the fifth spot. Leading contenders include Esmil Rogers, Todd Redmond, Marcus Stroman and Drew Hutchison, with Kyle Drabek, Sean Nolin and Dustin McGowan, who will be stretched out at the start of camp, also in the mix. Ricky Romero remains an intriguing and tantalizing wild-card, essentially a roster afterthought with the potential to make a significant difference if he can regain his past form. “We keep leaving him out, but who knows what happens with him,” says Gibbons. “Ricky may show up to camp, everybody has overlooked him, and all of sudden boom, he takes off and he’s the old guy. I still have that in the back of my mind.”
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:07:01 +0000
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