Houston Marshals pre-season PR: Season Preview

The Marshals had a relatively quiet off-season, not making any big splashing news...mostly because of the team's financial situation. "We're still buried for another couple of seasons", said GM Michael Carroll. "The good news is that we will still field a competitive team in that time frame, while continuing to draft for the future". With a whole lot of nothing going on, a quick glance at this season's squad is basically deja vu all over again. Same old faces in the same old places. Here's how it will look:

Rotation:

Carlos Tavarez

Braydon Schute

Daniel Grant

Jose Hidalgo

Stan Aldridge

Jose Gonzales - will get the occasional 6th start to keep pitches down on the others. Expect 8-10 starts this season

Bullpen:

CL Pablo Cabral

8th Alfonso Ramos

7th Edward Cadel

MR Vinicious Itaquay

MR Dave Rhodes

MR Jim Daniel

Long/Emergency Jose Gonzales

Depth Chart:

C Juan Gomez / Gustavo Diaz (Platoon)

1B Jose Rodriguez

2B Ramon Lugo

3B Matt Smith

SS Jim Tracy / Gregg Nelson (Platoon)

LF John Peterson

CF Alex Rosado

RF Sado Kimura

DH Lewis Barr

Line Up

2B Ramon Lugo

DH Lewis Barr

3B Mike Smith

1B Jose Rodriguez

LF John Peterson

SS Jim Tracy /Gregg Nelson (platoon R/L)

C Juan Gomez / Gustavo Diaz (platoon R/L)

RF Sado Kimura

CF Alex Rosado

The team's expectations are relatively reasonable...don't fall apart too fast. The hope is that this season will land Houston somewhere between 90-94 wins, keep the park full, and keep the money rolling in.

Thank You,

Michael Carroll