Who do we think falls off the roster with Ober being added?
My initial thought was that I wouldn’t be surprised if it was Stevenson seeing as how Houston will likely only have one lefty, Valdez pitching and he actually has worse splits (by a hair) against lefties. I feel like there is going to be a lot less pinch hitting in this series and the young lefties should stay in the game until defensive replacement at the end.
I was thinking Funderburk has some value as another lefty since Houston’s best two hitters (Alvarez and Tucker) are lefties. However, Alvarez crushes both sides and there’s no situation where I want Funderburk facing him and Tucker actually has better splits against lefties (crushes them actually)
Even though I doubt he will be used with Castro on the bench I think Stevenson is safe, unless they feel like Buxton could be playable. I haven’t heard anything about him practicing so I highly doubt it.
My guess is Funderburk misses the roster.