Having so many injured minor league pitchers on the 40 man could put a strain on adding players this offseason. Roby, Robberse, Thompson, and Hence will need to either be protected on the 40 man this winter or be exposed to other clubs since they can’t hide on the 60 day IL until opening day. Of course the team will probably be shedding some 40 man guys later this week but we don’t know how many 40 man players they will get in return.
There are plenty of other 40 man players they could shed this winter (Fernandez, King, Munoz, Roycroft, Pozo, Baker, Hampson, Koperniak, etc….) but still we can’t afford to have too many more players come up with long term injuries.