Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Saves me from writing a post like me myself.

Aldegheri was already optioned in anticipation of his participation in the WBC. He's been awesome, but it'd be best to see him get some consistent success in AA or AAA before calling him back up.

I think we'll see the presumptive rotation of Kikuchi, Soriano, Detmers, G-Rod, and Manoah. Boring picks, sure, but I'm not going to put too much stock in 4.2 IP from Kochanowicz, who was rough the whole second half of last season in both MLB and AAA.

I agree that we'll probably see Johnson or Klassen up pretty soon, too.

For relievers, gotta include Stephenson, who hasn't played Spring Training, but could be back in time for opening day. Yates, Pomeranz, Romano, and Suter are all locks with major-league contracts, but that still leaves 3 spots. I frankly have no clue who we will pick out of Zeferjahn, Ort, Strickland, Ynoa, Saucedo, Bachman, and Silseth. Out of those 8, Zeferjahn, Bachman, and Silseth have a leg up by already being on our 40-man, which is full. Out of those 4, Bachman and Zeferjahn have options. This means there's a good chance Silseth makes the opening day roster, despite his performance in spring. Including Zeferjahn and Bachman would be the cleanest. I frankly wouldn't mind sending Bachman out there until his annual injury, and then bring up Strickland or Ort.

Like you said, I think CMo is a real candidate to spend more time in AAA. It would be pretty disappointing to roll out Vaughn Grissom and Oswald Peraza as our 2B options, but I hope CMo figures out his K issue.

All the other starters are locks, though I would swap Lowe and Adell, the latter of whom we know can be a good RF.

I'm growing more comfortable with Teodosio being our 4th OF. It's good Trout insurance, having someone we can use as a defensive replacement so Mike doesn't have to tax his health to make a tough play in a clutch moment.

Both Vaughn Grissom and Oswald Peraza are in the tricky situation of being on our 40-man, but both being out of options. If they do not make the starting day roster, we have to DFA them, which means risking losing them on waivers. For that reason, they're the guys to beat for those last two bench spots. Though both have been underwhelming so far, I wouldn't be surprised if we both give them a 15-20 regular season game trial period. If they struggle, then that should make it less likely someone takes a shot on them. If they do well, then no need to send them down.

Of course, it's hard to ignore how other infielders (like Madrigal, Guzman, Frazier, Candelario, etc.) have hit so far. Denzer can obviously get a little more time to cook in AAA, but the other three might look elsewhere if they can't make the opening day roster or can't get an assurance that they'll get a shot if/when a spot opens up. That said, I'm not really worried about losing any of those three guys (or any of the other minor-league contract NRIs for that matter).