Before you get too worked up about the Giants’ 25-man roster for the Wild Card Game, remember that Gary Brown was on the 25-man roster for the game in 2014, and you didn’t notice.

Juan Perez got an at-bat.

Joaquin Arias made an error as a defensive replacement.

You don’t remember any of this.

Which is all to say that it’s easy to make too much about the exact roster, especially considering it’s easy to load up on the bench players because you know you’re not going to need all of your starting pitchers. If you want speed, there should be room for speed. If you want defense, there should be room for defense. If you want power, you should follow the Orioles.

Let’s take a look at what the 25-man roster should look like.

Pitchers (11)

Madison Bumgarner

Sergio Romo

Will Smith

Derek Law

Hunter Strickland

Javier Lopez

Cory Gearrin

George Kontos

Santiago Casilla

Ty Blach

Jeff Samardzija

They took 10 pitchers in 2014, and this would follow the same format, just with an extra pitcher. Ty Blach would be there in case the game gets out of hand early. Jeff Samardzija would be there in case the game goes long — think Game 2 of the 2014 NLDS. And Casilla would be there to remind you of your own mortality and sense of general hopelessness.

Also, it’s my opinion that Madison Bumgarner should make the roster.

Casilla would seem to be superfluous here, but I’d also guess that Bochy would remove either Blach or Cueto before ditching him. I’m not sure if Casilla makes the NLDS roster, if needed. But they’re not going to poke him in the nose here.

Position players (14)

Buster Posey

Brandon Belt

Joe Panik

Brandon Crawford

Conor Gillaspie

Angel Pagan

Denard Span

Hunter Pence

Trevor Brown

Gorkys Hernandez

Kelby Tomlinson

Jarrett Parker

Ehire Adrianza

Eduardo Nuñez

I don’t think Nuñez will be in the starting lineup, but this sounds somewhat promising:

Evans said that he will let Eduardo Nunez "surprise us" with his availability "at this point I'm going to expect that he'll be available" — MLB Network Radio (@MLBNetworkRadio) October 3, 2016

If he’s not there, go for Gregor Blanco or Tony Sanchez. There’s no way a third catcher is going to make it onto an NLDS roster, but it’s a nice comfort zone in the Wild Card Game for a team that’s carrying so few pitchers.

Omissions with this roster? Steven Okert, who pitched well. Josh Osich, who didn’t. Matt Moore and Johnny Cueto, who would start the next series. Matt Cain and Jake Peavy, who probably won’t make any of the rosters, though it’s possible that Peavy takes the long-relief slot that I’m assuming will go to Blach. Blanco, who’s been limited by injuries and given ground to Gorkys Hernandez. Albert Suarez, who can’t compete with the Blach party.

And Joe Nathan, who didn’t allow a run in seven outings with the Giants. I could see him on the roster over Blach, to be honest, at least for this round. Next round would be a stickier question. I could imagine Bochy sticking with Casilla over loyalty, but I also remember Barry Zito missing the roster entirely in 2010, so there are never any loyalty guarantees.

There shouldn’t be a lot of surprises, though. The Giants used just 45 players on the roster all year, and a lot of them are hurt or gone. There aren’t a lot of close calls or hard decisions, which is a benefit of carrying 10 or 11 pitchers instead of 13.

If the Giants win, though? That’s when the roster crunch will get extraordinarily messy. Start sharpening your pointy sticks for that battle. Should be fun.