2021 Instructs continued through today. I went to the Complex on Wednesday and Thursday and watched for a few hours.
It looks like the guys here for Instructs are doing work indoors and out. When they come outside, the position players are working in small groups with multiple coaches/instructors. Pitchers groups are a little bigger, but they tend to separate into different size groups depending on what they are doing. They do tend to gravitate back into a larger group for PFPs with many coaches/instructors.
The rehab group is becoming more apparent. They come out en masse later than the others and run through stretching and agility drills. Their workout ends with those who have reached the throwing portion of their rehab doing so if scheduled to throw that day.
I have put eyeballs on some more players and can correct some of my earlier observations. I had reported a bullpen by Baker, Bell, and maybe Segovia on Tuesday. I have learned that it was Abel, Baker, and Armenta, The last two days, I’ve seen Rumfield, Luis Garcia, Simmons, Cristian Hernandez, Carlo Reyes, Ash, De Freitas, Wingrove, Nicolas Torres, Minyety, Mejia, Azuaje, Schulze, Andrew Brown, Phelan, Lehman, Martinez, Cesar, Barber, Aldeghari, Pina, Aparicio, and Valadez-Acuna.
That brings participants up to 79 players. Here is an updated list in alphabetical order. This does not include the 6-7 DSL players who will arrive when their season ends this weekend. Still seems to be short catchers with only 3-4 listed and one not healthy (Nava).
- Mick Abel
- Samuel Aldeghari
- Chase Antle
- Juan Aparicio
- Konnor Ash
- Alexis Azuaje
- Drew Baker
- Albertus Barber
- Carlos Betancourt
- Malik Binns
- Andrew Brown
- Ben Brown
- Blake Brown
- Chris Burke
- Jared Carr
- Starlyn Castillo
- Logan Cerny
- Joel Cesar
- Ty Collins
- Arturo De Freitas
- Dallas Dyar
- Ethan Evanko
- Nick Fanti
- Wilfredo Flores
- Alex Garbrick
- Luis Garcia
- Yhoswar Garcia
- Tristan Garnett
- Maikel Garrido
- Matt Goodheart
- Cristian Hernandez
- Jonathan Hughes
- Neyker Ibarra
- Marcus Lee Sang
- Rafael Marcano
- Gunner Mayer
- Tommy McCollum
- Griff McGarry
- Christian McGowan
- Jake McKenna
- Alex McKenney
- Daniel Mejia
- Freylin Minyety
- Sam Jacobsak
- Keylan Killgore
- Taylor Lehman
- Ethan Lindow
- Jordi Martinez
- Tyler McKay
- Erik Miller
- Andrick Nava
- Jhailyn Ortiz
- Matt Osterberg
- Micah Ottenbreit
- Andrew Painter
- Jose Pena
- Corey Phelan
- Nicoly Pina
- Baron Radcliff
- Carlo Reyes
- JoJo Romero
- Jason Ruffcorn
- TJ Rumfield
- Matt Russell
- Andrew Schultz
- Brett Schulze
- Kendall Simmons
- Cristian Soriano
- Gavin Tonkel
- Nicolas Torres
- Jose Valadez-Acuna
- Victror Vargas
- Jordan Viars
- Jared Wetherbee
- Ethan Wilson
- Rixon Wingrove
- JP Woodward
- Cam Wynne
- Braden Zarbnisky
I have a schedule now. They do start playing games next week. I am approved for admittance to the two games each of the next two weeks at the Complex.
So how does the fall instructs invites work? Are player invitations limited to certain levels of minor league? For example would invitations be extended to triple A players?
Normally you will not see a 23/24/25-year old player from Triple A…unless they have missed a sizable portion of their Triple A season and are rehabbing back from an injury.
From the list above..LHP Nick Fant …turning 25 in a few months…jumps out….he has not been healthy for the last 3 years. He needs the work or the rehabbing ……and sadly, this may be his last hurrah