I'm of the opposite opinion on a guy like Roach: What else do you want him to prove in AAA? He's not going to walk anybody (never has except the weird '14), he's not going to K anybody (never has), and he's going to throw 2 GB's for every FB (more than twice the MLB average).
He's not going to K 9 guys a game (as he did this spring) and he's not going a whole season w/o a BB.
But he's a pretty good arm with a silky motion and anose-dive pitch that heads for the dirt. The proper question isn't whether he's a decent MLB reliever, but whether he's better than any of the other RH RP's we have. Basically that boils down to Roach vs. Zych and Vincent.
Zych had a very nice run in Seattle last year and a good spring if you ignore the three homers. Vincent has been a dang fine reliever. Do you move one of them for Roach? He's picted well enough to keep....but so have they and they have a bit more big league pedigree.
But as soon as one of our RP's (besides Sribner) tweaks something, he'll be here. Perhaps to stay.
I like the guy a lot. Heck, he might be as good a bet as Benoit. He'll be here.
Normally I'm all over keeping a Roach up, but if we're going with a two lefty pen....we're out of spots.