Courtesy of David Murphy’s twitter
Dom Brown, BJ Rosenberg, Freddy Galvis, Aumont, Gillies and Savery among Phils prospects invited to spring training
None of them are on the 40 man roster, so all of them will almost assuredly be re-assigned to minor league camp, but it will be nice for them to get a taste of big league spring training and pitch against big leaguers.
Current prospects on the 40 man roster; Bastardo, Carpenter, Escalona, Flande, Herndon (Rule 5), Mathieson, Naylor, JC Ramirez, Jesus Sanchez, Zagurski, Berry, Mayberry.
Mathieson wasn’t invited to MLB camp? Seriously?
Hes on the 40 man already, I forgot to add him as a “prospect”
Mathieson is on the the 40-man roster. I’m surprised to see Rosenberg but not Schwimer. They’re pretty similar to me, and I like Schwimer a tad more based on his stats at Clearwater vs Rosenberg’s at Lakewood.
I’m surprised I haven’t seen NRIs for catchers. Usually the team needs a bunch of catchers around to catch for the sheer number of pitchers throwing.
Not prospect related, but Jerry Crasnick says Ryan Vogelsong has a Spring Training update from the Phils.
Phillies.com has the full list actually. Add catchers Kevin Nelson, Tuffy Gosewisch, Dane Sardinha and John Suomi. Also RHP Ehren Wasserman, and IF Ozzie Chavez.
All i Have too say I told you so , about Rosenberg. I been Yelling his name out and Voting for him in the “Other “. Pick. This Kid is really good. I’m not worried about his arm problem in college , if thats the case , we should start too worry about the 2 pitch pitcher that the Phillies call 2nd ace Cole Hamels. He broke his arm pitching. Rosenberg will start in AAA and will be a call-up for them. I’m excited about him , very nice kid and he fits in with What Philly fans love .
from your lips to God’s ears on rosenberg, we need another good, cheap, arm in the pen.
johnnyboy: I thought Cole Hamels broke his arm running into a parked car.
G$ this is what happen Cole was playing street football during his junior year in high school. Going out for a pass, he rammed into a parked pickup. The injury didn’t seem drastic at first. He didn’t miss a beat for about three weeks, pitching for his Rancho Bernardo High School team in the suburbs of San Diego.
“It didn’t seem serious at first,” Hamels said. “I thought I hit my knee harder than I hit my arm.”
Soon it got worse. Much worse. While throwing a fastball three weeks later, the humerus bone in his pitching arm snapped, with a horrific noise that sounded like gunfire: A shot that ended his junior season, and threatened to end his career.
I thought he broke it in a bar fight.
That was his Bar fight in Clearwater i believe? not sure .
Here u go Nepp: After missing most of 2004 with elbow problems, he strained his back in the Fall Instructional League. Then he broke a metacarpal bone in his hand in a bar fight in February, making him hors de combat until June. It was later reported that Hamels instigated the brawl, and was not provoked, as he had spun the story. This brought up the old rumors that his famous broken arm in high school did not occur in a pickup football game, but was really the result of a fight. He was shut down in midseason after just six appearances in Clearwater and Reading.
I could be absolutely crazy, but might Wasserman be a fringe prospect candidate? He’s under the 50 IP limit. He’s only surrendered nine home runs in his career and his other minor league peripherals are good. He struggled in Chicago and he’s 29, but there might be some real potential here.
Alam,
wouldn’t 9 home runs in under 50 innings be one every 5ish innings? thats really not good.
I like how Hollywood Cole Hamels, who is personified in this city as being prissy and fragile, is the one who gets into barfights.
Jpd, he’s allowed nine home runs in 354 minor league innings. None in the majors.
If Aumont is coming to camp it’s obviously as a reliever. I doubt they’d start his transition back to starting in ML camp.
Can someone explain to me how JC Ramirez is on the 40 man and Aumont is not? I thought that Aumont was further along then Ramirez?
The 40 man roster isn’t about measuring progress, it’s a method of organizational control. In this case, Ramirez signed a professional contract a year before Aumont did. Thus the Mariners needed to add Ramirez to the roster or risk exposing him to the Rule 5 draft. Aumont has not been a pro for long enough for another team to draft him, so there’s no reason he must be on the roster.
Does that make sense?
Thank you Alan. Makes perfect sense now, but makes me wonder why Seattle had to sign him to a pro contract at his age?
By pro contract I mean a minor league contract.
thanks aan, i guess that i missread that comment.
looking forward to seeing Rosenberg in Philly by 2011…he has the speed and the stuff that teams covet
Cosart will be there as well. He is actually down there now getting in shape
Is everyone of you Philly fans from Pa? I’m from Pa, but I moved to SC.
Dom Brown left his Dominican winter league because he was “sluggish” In my mind this means lazy. Something to watch or not worth worrying about. After sitting on the bench most of the year why is he sluggish.