Mound musings: Ranking the keepers

By foxsports
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    NOT MAKING THE CUT


    Just missed


    Trevor Cahill - OAK

    Jeremy Guthrie - BAL

    Tom Gorzelanny - CHC

    Ryan Rowland-Smith - SEA

    Chad Gaudin - SD

    Armando Galarraga - DET

    Scott Feldman - TEX

    Kenshin Kawakami - ATL - May move to pen when Tim Hudson returns.
















    Sleepers among the remaining


    Sean O'Sullivan - LAA

    Luke French - SEA

    Kevin Hart - PIT

    Marc Rzepczynski - TOR

    Charlie Morton - PIT










    Potential rookie call-ups


    Michael Bowden - BOS

    Madison Bumgarner - SF

    Wade Davis - TB

    Stephen Strasburg - WAS








    Returning from injury


    Randy Johnson - SF

    Shaun Marcum - TOR

    Jake Westbrook - CLE

    Chris Young - SD

    Brad Bergesen - BAL










    Guys I'm not touching with an 11-foot pole


    Jason Schmidt - LAD

    Jeff Suppan - MIL

    Jason Berken - BAL

    Daisuke Matsuzaka - BOS

    Carl Pavano - CLE

    Glen Perkins - MIN

    Barry Zito - SF

    Carlos Villanueva - MIL

    Oliver Perez - NYM

    Fausto Carmona - CLE

    Garrett Mock - WAS






















    Others


    Jon Niese - NYM - Tough break for the Mets

    Carlos Torres - CHW

    Jose Contreras - CHW

    Homer Bailey - CIN

    Jason Hammel - COL

    Andrew Miller - FLA

    Livan Hernandez - NYM

    Gio Gonzalez - OAK

    Ross Ohlendorf - PIT

    Mitchell Boggs - STL

    Vicente Padilla - TEX

    Tommy Hunter - TEX

    Collin Balester - WAS

    Sean West - FLA

    Vin Mazzaro - OAK

    Bronson Arroyo - CIN

    Rick Vanden Hurk - FLA

    Phil Hughes - NYY - Will he stick in pen? Probably.

    Ervin Santana - LAA

    Braden Looper - MIL

    Article first appeared 8/6/09