Ten Added to the 40-Man

To think that we were saying last year was an opportunity to add some fringe guys because there was space. Back then, we added six, and this time, ten players were added, those being OF Johermyn Chavez, RHP Maikel Cleto, LHP Cesar Jimenez, 3B Alex Liddi, RHP Josh Lueke, RHP Yoervis Medina, OF Carlos Peguero, RHP Michael Pineda, LHP Mauricio Robles, and RHP Tom Wilhelmsen. If you’re expecting nearly 2000 words of analysis to follow, well then by golly, you’re right. Chavez was originally a throw-in for the League-Morrow trade. No one figured he was worth a Rule 5 selection last year, but after thirty-one home runs this season in the California League, one might suspect people would be more interested. The slash line of .315/.387/.577 was surely nothing to make light of, even in context of the home park, which is roughly equivalent to the moon. He took advantage of this fact, and twenty-three of his dingers came in Mavericks Stadium. Yet, over the winter he’s been playing like ...