All good teams are built on a foundation of blue-chip talent. The great ones usually benefit from some pleasant surprises. We saw that with the Astros (Framber Valdez, Cristian Javier, etc.). We’ve seen it with the Dodgers (Justin Turner, Max Muncy, etc). We saw it with the last Phillies team that won a World Series (Jayson Werth, Shane Victorino, etc.).
Dave Dombrowski and Sam Fuld know this as well as anybody. You can see it in the aggressive way they’ve prioritized upside when fashioning this spring training roster. There may not be much intrigue as far as roster battles go this spring. But with the first full-squad workout set for Tuesday, here are three players who will be worth a close eye.
Johan Rojas, center field
