Ed. note: As we have done for the past few years, this year we will be profiling each player on the 40-man roster leading up to the first Spring Training game. This is the first year I have headed the project where the 40-man hasn’t been full at the outset, so the order won’t be quite as random as it has been in other years, at least for the first couple weeks. We’re also starting today, New Year’s, because Spring Training starts just a skosh earlier than last year. Everything is confusing, I know.
When Mike Leake signed a five-year/$80MM deal to play for St.