I've got your third baseman RIGHTARRRRYEE

I'm not sure if its due to the injury of Andy Marte, but Jhonny Peralta will start at third base tonight.

"I can play third base," said Peralta. "I played a half-season there at Buffalo. I don't know how I'll do there [Friday], but I'll do my best."

If Andy Marte isn't injured, this probably wouldn't have happened.

While Asdrubal could play at third even if it was just for one game to give Carroll a break, Jhonny Peralta makes more sense. Not only that, if Peralta handles it well it could give them a "last resort" option if they can't find someone suitable to take over next year.

This is going to be the biggest position to watch.

Jhonny has the numbers to play there. Does he have the glove? Like he said, he's played there before and his range might actually suit him better. Jhonny is a decent shortstop though.

You can't deny the fact that this defense gets much better with Peralta and Cabrera up the middle though.

I see this breaking down a few different ways.

They bring in a solid option at third base and let Andy Marte go..

They bring in a few options, none being better than the other, and let them compete with Marte for the spot in spring training.

They do the second option, NONE of them work out and they continue to monitor Jhonny Peralta at third. None of them work out after giving all of them a shot in some way, and Peralta makes the move.

I think option two is most likeliest, but I'd rather see option three than spend money or deal with a competition in spring training, that is if Jhonny can handle it.

It's gonna be interesting..

Anyway, kudos to Eric Wedge for saying Cliff Lee would start IF Sunday's game means something.. BUT, if Cliff Lee is really battling a stiff neck, I think he should sit. We'll still be playing our starters, no doubt, but if Cliff Lee could hurt himself in this start, I'd say, look, we want to be respectful to the Twins, but this is how it is. He is our best pitcher, we can't risk him.

Bryan Bullington was limited in his AWESOME relief apperance the other night, which means he'll go on Sunday if Cliff doesn't.

Looks like its a given.. Adam Miller will be competiing for a bullpen spot, not a rotation spot. He was good in his first Arizona Instructional League game.

Oh and um.. As for that suspensions stuff. Fausto Carmona played it beatifully. He won't miss a start as it will spill over into next season, it started last night. But he'll probably start the second game of the season, after he serves the one game that will spill over on opening day.

Victor Martinez got his reduced to two games and he is in the middle of serving it now.