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Guys on the current roster between 22 and 26, youngest to oldest:
Pineda 1/18/89
Beavan 1/17/89
Ruffin 9/8/88
Ackley 2/26/88
Seager 11/3/87
Robinson 9/1/87
Cortes 3/4/87
(Smoak 12/5/86 -- DL)
Carp 6/30/86
Furbush 4/11/86
Felix 4/8/86
Lueke 12/5/84
Wells 11/23/84
Total: 13
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Old guys: Ichiro, Wright, Kennedy, Wilson, Olivo, Bard, (Figgins -- DL)
In between: L-Rod, Gray, Pena, Guti, Vargas, League, Wilhelmsen, (Aardsma, Kelley, Ryan -- DL)
Is there anyone essential to the next pennant that's not in the first group?
My view: (1) Not if you assume Lueke or Ruffin can close. (2) Ichiro will be around anyway. (3) OK, yeah, you need a catcher.