Now that the season is officially over...

...we need to start being real about what is going on the rest of the year. 

The moves we have made: bringing in guys off waivers from Oakland and Detroit and bringing in a 35 year old fat guy who couldn't crack a ML roster this year just scream of Francona saying that he needs veterans.   If any of these three guys (Calhoun, Laureano, Haase) are on this roster when it is frozen in November, it is a sign that this organization is floundering beyond belief.  How anyone (read: our less than astute FO) can think that having these guys on this roster right now is a good thing is beyond me.  Winning games isn't important right now.  Playing the kids and seeing what we have IS the only important thing.

There is no sense in doing anything right now, but everything that we should do in September should be based on who we think might be on the team next year.   That being said, here are the roster moves I would make on September 1st:

1. DFA Cam Gallagher, Ramon Laureano and Michael Kelly

2. Bring up Jonathon Rodriguez, Cody Morris and Brian Lavastida from the minors

3. Leave in the minors Joey Cantillo, Hunter Gaddis, Peyton Battenfield, Juan Brito, Angel Martinez, Jhonkensy Noel, Jose Tena and George Valera

4. Make a decision whether Quantrill, McKenzie or Bieber will pitch again this year and what moves you would be comfortable with if they come off the IL and have to be rostered.

5. While Kole Calhoun has performed well, it is hard to justify him being on this roster for the rest of the season if we don't really care about whether we win any more games.  Consider DFAing him if we need the 40-man roster space.  Ditto for Eric Haase if Fry and Lavastida are healthy.

6. I would love to bring up Daniel Schneeman as a reward for a great season but I sense that ship already sailed when we brought up Tena.  Amazing.  We can bring in all these DFA guys from teams with losing records but can't give one of our own a reward and see what he has after a good AAA season.  Yeah, I know we have umpteen middle infield prospects we have to sort out and Columbus skews statistics but, really, you can't give one of your own a chance?  If he performs well it increases his trade value, too.  

Have I mentioned that winning games is not a priority right now?  Why are we doing half-hearted things that are costing us money and our prospects experience?  Time to cut the crap and play the kids...and if it isn't successful right now, we get a better draft slot next year.