I bet you didn’t think I would finish before May. In past years, that wouldn’t have been so bad; at times, clubs were allowed to carry oversized rosters out of spring training, then faced a regular-season cut-down day. Some of these fellows might have gotten into a few games that way. It’s all ...

Twenty down, nine to go. Some good candidates this time around, as well as a couple of head-scratchers: Doug Bernier is a 31-year-old infielde4r who has career rates of .245/.347/.337 at Triple-A. A former non-drafted free agent signed by the Rockies in 2002, they gave him a major league cameo in 2008 ...

When healthy, Russell Branyan has real power, but he also finds himself doing this a lot. (AP) Non-roster invitees to spring training start out guilty until proven innocent, especially the veterans and minor league journeymen. The assumption is that if their performance record was good enough to command ...