Down to one?

Ian Snell had another good outing yesterday, throwing 4 innings and only giving up two runs on a wind aided homer (very wind aided, it was blowing out at 20-27 mph). Though his control wasn't perfect, it sounds like just about everything else was and this quote from Tracy seems to indicate Snell may have the fourth starting slot just about locked up:

"When Ian Snell gets consistent command, his stuff is more than good enough for the major-league level. I'll take pitching like that anytime."

Sounds to me like he's going to have to screw up royally to lose a spot in the rotation right now.

As for the fifth spot, I'd still put Santos ahead of everyone else to take it. He took the mound today against Minnesota and it doesn't look like he had a very strong outing (the Twins scored 4 runs in the first three innings), though it's hard to say as no one provides live game updates for spring training games. Rowdy also has some thoughts on Santos.