In 2 weeks, the roster has to go down to 26. Who goes and who stays. The good news is that with more depth than in the past, this is harder to do.
CATCHERS: Current=2; Goal=2: Grandal, McGuire
OTHER POSITION: Current=11 + 2 on IL; Goal=11; Soon as Pollack and Moncada come off IL, two have to go. Assumed roster locks: Pollack, Moncada, Abreu, TA, Harrison, Robert, Jimenez, Leury
2 of these 5 have to go: AV, Burger, Engel, Mendick, Sheets
It looks like Burger or Sheets will go (along with Mendick)
PITCHERS: can only keep 13 out of 20
current 15 + 4 on IL (Giolito, Kelly, Lynn, Burr) + 1 Potential (Cueto)
Excluding Lynn and Burr for now, that's 18 for 13 spots . Assume: Giolito and Kelly available May 1st; Cuerto decision contract required by 5/15.
Roster locks: Giolito, Cease, Kopeck, Keuchel, Hendricks, Graveman, Kelly, Bummer
Only 3 of these 10 can stay -7 have to go: Cueto, Banks, Crick, Foster, Lambert, Reylo, Ruiz, Severino, Sousa, Velasquez
For the 3, it looks like to me: Reylo stays; One of Cueto/Velasquez/Lambert; One of Sousa/Severino; Banks/Crick/Foster/Ruiz all go