tomorrow is the cutoff

If there was a chance of him contributing this year I would say give him the 40 spot but seeing as how, especially with the guys in front of him, it would take an incredible rash of serious injuries to even consider him I feel there is a better chance of us dropping him off the 40 before we use him this year

Is losing Loe/Littleton/Mathis/Jennings that big of a deal to put Poveda on the 40 man? Starters that are on the 40 man as of now: Feldman, Gabbard, Harrison, Hunter, Hurley, McCarthy, Mendoza, Millwood, Nippert and Padilla. I think it’s worth it to take the chance on protecting Poveda, unless you think we’re going to need all 5 of those back-ups at once. Diamond and Rupe are also on the 40, not to mention that Poveda would be there too.

I will begin a grassroots internet campaign to raise money so I can buy the Cubs before the draft then take him, trade him back to the Rangers for Whittleman and sell the team. My psyche can’t handle losing Poveda.

50: Omar Poveda. The toughest decision, in my opinion, in terms of estimating the risk of him being swiped in the Rule 5 draft. Poveda just turned 22 and has yet to pitch in AA, not exactly a prime candidate for a Major League staff. On the other hand, he’s a legitimate prospect (albeit not in Texas’s top ten) and posted a 2.73 ERA and 24 strikeout rate in his last nine starts. A team that selected him in the Rule 5 draft would be doing so in the understanding that he’s essentially dead weight on the 2009 active roster. Texas could also leave him off the 40 and trade him before the Rule 5 draft, thus making the decision someone else’s problem.

My call: Vallejo, Mayberry, and Strop. We’ll see how that compares to Jamey’s 40-Man Roster Conundrum when his book drops.