Waiting for the roster

This is the time of year when, between current roster members and announced incoming players, we have too many players. We fans do not know who will be on the official roster for the season. (Maybe the coaches don't, either, if there is some yet-to-be-determined factor.) What all this does, of course, is to kill speculation, the fan's favorite pastime. Who will start? Who will be in the rotation? Who, if anyone, will redshirt? None  of those come into play at this point. It is the awkward time of the cycle.