Boy, we’re really going to struggle to find stuff to talk about this week, I think.
Discuss. I mean, if you can think of anything. Good luck with that.
Opening Day Roster By the Numbers
Today is Opening Day if you didn’t realize. I thought I would break down the opening day 40 man roster into some fun graphs, on player acquisition. I chose to use the 40 man roster so that I could encompass a team with a lot of DL spots used and plenty of flex in its roster.
So lets start off with where each of the players came from. This is how they first came into major league baseball, regardless of how the Phillies acquired them. Continue reading Opening Day Roster By the Numbers
Position Preview: Corner Outfield
Players:
Domonic Brown – 26 – MLB
Marlon Byrd – 36 – MLB
John Mayberry Jr – 30 – MLB
Leandro Castro – 24 – AAA
Steve Susdorf – 28 – AAA
Kelly Dugan – 23 – AA (5)
Cameron Perkins – 23 – AA (25)
Anthony Hewitt – 24 – AA
Justin Parr – 23 – A+
Brian Pointer – 22 – A+
Samuel Hiciano – 20 – A- (30)
Larry Greene Jr. – 21 – A-
Dylan Cozens – 19 – A- (12)
Jose Pujols – 18 – SS (17)
Cord Sandberg – 19 – SS (10)
Bryan Martelo – 17 – Rk
Freddy Zorrilla – 19 – Rk Continue reading Position Preview: Corner Outfield
Reading Announces Roster
The Fightins’ announced their 2014 opening day roster. It is as follows:
Catchers: Tommy Joseph, Sebastian Valle
Infield:Albert Cartwright, Edgar Duran, Matt Tolbert, Chris Serritella, Carlos Alonso
Outfield:Kelly Dugan, Zach Collier, Anthony Hewitt, Brock Stassi, Cameron Perkins
Starters: Jesse Biddle, Severino Gonzalez, Hoby Milner, Luis Paulino, Percy Garner
Relievers: Justin Friend, Tyler Knigge, Brody Colvin, Jay Johnson, Austin Wright, Kenny Giles, Neifi Ogando, Ryan O’Sullivan
DL: OF Aaron Altherr; OF Jiwan James; P Ryan Demmin
Reading opens the season at home on Thursday against Portland.
Lakewood Annouces Roster
Here it goes for the BlueClaws:
Catchers: Gabriel Lino, Jose Mayorga, Willians Astudillo
Infield: Wilmer Oberto, Andrew Pullin, J.P. Crawford, Zach Green, Robinson Torres
Outfield: Dylan Cozens, Samuel Hiciano, Carlos Tocci, Larry Greene Jr,
Pitchers: Alejandro Arteaga, Tyler Buckley, Ranfi Casimeiro, Cody Forsythe, Ulysses Joaquin, Mark Leiter, Jr, Shane Martin, Manny Martinez, Julio Reyes, Yacksel Rios, Keivi Rojas, Jesen Therrien, Tyler Viza.
Lakewood begins their season on Thursday in Savannah.
Lehigh Valley Announces Roster
The IronPigs have announced their 2014 opening day roster:
Starting Pitchers: Greg Smith, David Buchanan, Jonathan Pettibone, Barry Enright and Sean O’Sullivan.
Relievers: Luis Garcia, Phillippe Aumont, Shawn Camp, Hector Neris, Mike Nesseth and Kyle Simon, Jeremy Horst, Cesar Jimenez.
Catchers: Koyie Hill and Cameron Rupp
Infield: Jim Murphy, Tyler Henson, Maikel Franco, Andres Blanco, Reid Brignac, Troy Hanzawa
Outfield: Leandro Castro, Tyson Gillies, Steve Susdorf, Clete Thomas
DL: INF Brian Bixler, P Chris Bootcheck, OF Dave Sappelt, P Adam Morgan
Lehigh Valley opens their season in Pawtucket on Thursday in what will be a four game series.
Top 10 Under 25
Top prospect lists do a good job of showing the minor league talent in an organization. However, the cut off can arbitrarily cut off players who have graduated, but are important part of the organization’s young core. Given the small sample size nature of the spring I am not altering my Top 30 for this list.
So here is the list:
1. Maikel Franco
2. Jesse Biddle
3. J.P. Crawford Continue reading Top 10 Under 25
Extended Spring Training Schedule
The extended spring was released today. I have posted it here for you:
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Positional Preview Third Base
Players:
Cody Asche – 23 – MLB
Maikel Franco – 21 – AAA (1)
Harold Martinez – 23 – AA
Anthony Phillips – 23 – A+
Zach Green – 20 – A- (16)
Mitch Walding – 21 – A-
Jan Hernandez – 19 – SS (24)
Trey Williams – 20 – SS
Luis Encarnacion – 16 – Rk (15) Continue reading Positional Preview Third Base
Seth Rosin cut by Dodgers and claimed by the Rangers
After making the trip to Australia with the Dodgers, Seth Rosin was cut by the Dodgers. He was then claimed off waivers by the Rangers. All of the same roster restrictions will apply to Rosin in Texas as they did in Los Angeles. If Texas cuts him, he will have to pass through waivers again, any claiming team would take him on with the Rule 5 requirements in place. If he passes through waivers the Phillies would then have the opportunity to pay $25,000 to take Rosin back into the system.
