Roster taking shape

There were a few more cuts after the game yesterday that I forgot to mention on this blog, but none of them was a surprise, and they’re listed in today’s paper if you want to check it out. The important thing to note is that, after reading between the lines of Joe Torre’s postgame comments yesterday — and Joe is really good at giving writers lines to read through — it is becoming fairly apparently who is and who isn’t going to be on this club when the season begins, at least from a position-player standpoint. My best educated guess at this point is that Juan Castro and Doug Mientkiewicz make the club as extra infielders, giving the Dodgers seven infielders in all. That means only four outfielders, which probably means Delwyn Young will be waived if he isn’t traded — and while that SOUNDS negative, it’s probably a good thing for DY, as he might end up with a club that will give him regular playing time. It also probably means Chin-lung Hu and Jason Repko are all headed for abq. But as always, I reserve the right to be wrong.