White Sox Opening Day roster taking shape

White Sox catcher Kevan Smith -- with Yasiel Puig

With the news over the weekend that pitchers Jeanmar Gomez and Bruce Rondon have been reassigned to minor league camp, the White Sox's 25-man roster for Opening Day is starting to take shape.

The Sox are down to 27 players, and one of them -- Carlos Rodon -- is going to start the season on the disabled list. That means there only is one more cut to make, and it will be a catcher. Both Kevan Smith and Omar Narvaez remain with the team. Smith sprained his ankle in his last spring training appearance, so the guess here is he stays if he's healthy, but if he's not, he goes to the disabled list and Narvaez makes the club.

Manager Rick Renteria announced that Carson Fulmer won the job as the fifth starter, so here's your projected rotation:

1. James Shields
2. Lucas Giolito
3. Reynaldo Lopez
4. Miguel Gonzalez
5. Fulmer

The Sox have stated a preference for having an eight-man bullpen. They have eight rostered relievers, and here they are:

Right-handers
1. Joakim Soria
2. Nate Jones
3. Greg Infante
4. Juan Minaya
5. Danny Farquhar

Left-handers
1. Luis Avilan
2. Hector Santiago
3. Aaron Bummer

That leaves 12 spots for position players. Here's a projected starting lineup:

1. Yoan Moncada, 2B
2. Avisail Garcia, RF
3. Jose Abreu, 1B
4. Nick Delmonico, LF
5. Welington Castillo, C
6. Matt Davidson, DH
7. Yolmer Sanchez, 3B
8. Tim Anderson, SS
9. Adam Engel, CF

There are three bench spots. Utility players Leury Garcia and Tyler Saladino both are on the club. That leaves one spot to decide between Smith and Narvaez.