FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Phillies slogged here Saturday on a 300-mile, round-trip bus ride for yet another nine-inning audition to see who might fill the fringes of the roster. They have evaluated those in camp for six weeks now, and Pete Mackanin said a meeting scheduled Sunday with the front office will plot most of the 25-man roster that the Phillies will take to Cincinnati next week.
The intriguing decisions are not limited to who will make the roster, but who will be bumped from the 40-man roster. Every team is scouted in the spring, but the Phillies have been a priority target because other clubs are aware of the Phillies' roster crunch.