Full Minors Roster for '09

[franch1se]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Knight, another Padre transaction...Jae Kuk Ryu is back from the Indians.

Per Rotoworld

MLB voided the Indians' waiver claim of RHP Jae-Kuk Ryu from the Padres.
Ryu is back on the Padres' 40-man roster for now. That probably means he's dealing with some sort of arm problem that's going to put him on the disabled list to begin the year. The Indians intended to have him pitch at Triple-A Columbus.

[GoBucs09]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

-Pirates named Karstens the #5 starter

-Luis Cruz made the team.

-Monroe made the team (although not announced)

-One relief spot is all that remains to be determined. Those not yet told they have made it are Sean Burnett, Evan Meek, Craig Hansen, Donnie Veal and Jesse Chavez.

-Phil Dumatrait headed to the 15-day disabled list

-Cut 8 to minor league camp:
starter Virgil Vasquez, relievers Chris Bootcheck, Denny Bautista and Jason Davis, outfielder Jeff Salazar and infielders Andy Phillips and Garrett Jones, and catcher Erik Kratz

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09091/959757-100.stm

Karstans wins by default eh. He wasn't too good during ST but he is the best option. On the plus side Maholm, Snell, Duke and Ohlendorf all have looked good to decent. 4 outa 5 aint too bad I guess.

[TheRock88]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Here's what the Giant's team should look like on opening day. (Note, I only listed 24 players, bottom note should say who will probably be the 25th player)


Starting Rotation
1) Tim Lincecum
2) Matt Cain
3) Randy Johnson
4) Barry Zito
5) Jonathan Sanchez

Bullpen
LR - Joe Martinez or Ramon Ortiz
MR - Merkin Valdez
MR - Alex Hinshaw
MR - Luis Perdomo
SU - Jeremy Affeldt
SU - Bob Howry
CL - Brian Wilson

Lineup:
LF - Fred Lewis
SS - Edgar Renteria
RF - Randy Winn
C - Bengie Molina
CF - Aaron Rowand
3B - Pablo Sandoval
1B - Travis Ishikawa
2B - Emmanuel Burriss

Bench:
2B/OF - Eugenio Velez
OF - Nate Schierholtz
2B/3B/SS - Juan Uribe
1B/3B - Rich Aurila

*25th player will probably be either one of these players:
C - Steve Holm
OF - Andres Torres
P - Joe Martinez or Ramon Ortiz

* - Bochy said he wants the backup catcher to be Sandoval and either Uribe or Aurila filling in at 3rd. If not, Holm would be the backup catcher and either Uribe or Aurila going down to Triple A.

*Sergio Romo is on the 15 day DL, but when he comes back up I'd expect Valdez to either be sent back to Triple A or slipping into the LR role with Martinez and Ortiz going down to Triple A.

[zeus9800]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

hey Knight.

Edward Mujica was traded to the Padres for PTBNL or cash.

Also P Jae Kuk Ryu was returned to the Padres. The claim was voided by MLB, it's unclear why exactly but it's believed to be a medical issue.

[mchecky]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Hey Knight and everyone who helps. Just wanted to say thanks so much for what your doing... I really appriciate it.

[franch1se]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

Also P Jae Kuk Ryu was returned to the Padres. The claim was voided by MLB, it's unclear why exactly but it's believed to be a medical issue.

i bet we just put him on the DL then when he's better he will be the PTBNL for Mujica haha

[phrost]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

I'm hearing rumors that Felix Hernandez is actually 2 or 3 years older than he claims to be. Something about using his younger brother's birth certificate. I expected this.
Adjust accordingly Knight.

[franch1se]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

It looks like the Padres team will look like this

CF - Gerut
2B - Eckstein
RF - Giles
1B - Gonzalez
3B - Kouzmanoff
LF - Headley
C - Hundley
SS - Rodriguez

Bench

OF Hairston
OF Floyd
INF - E. Gonzalez
INF - Cabrera
C - Blanco

SP Peavy
SP Young
SP Walter Silva
SP Correia
SP Hill

Bell
Meredith
Sanchez
Mujica
De La Cruz
Edwin Moreno

Arturo Lopez or Luke Gregerson will likely get the last spot, longshot is Justin Hampson. I would personally like to see Gregerson as he is pitching pretty good since coming over from STL however i wouldn't be suprised to see Black go with 1 of those lefties of either Lopez or Hampson.

Cha Seung Baek likely to start season on DL.

edit - Jae Kuk Ryu and Hampson were just released.

[The Gird]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

What is goal date for these to be ready.....opening day or so?

[phrost]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

No offense franch1se...but I just couldn't get excited for baseball if my team was fielding a squad like that.
I sympathize.

[franch1se]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

No offense franch1se...but I just couldn't get excited for baseball if my team was fielding a squad like that.
I sympathize.

trust me......im not

In a season that was already going to be a wash, i don't know why we signed Eckstein and picked up Giles option. I would rather watch young prospects like Antonelli or Venable or others. I hope Cabrera gets the majority of the starts over Luis Rodriguez. It isn't fun picking up the waiver wire rejects.

[Glenn33]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

I'm hearing rumors that Felix Hernandez is actually 2 or 3 years older than he claims to be. Something about using his younger brother's birth certificate. I expected this.
Adjust accordingly Knight.

I like your thinking. Knight - for any Dominican born player in the game - just go ahead and add 2 - 3 years to their age and adjust accordingly. Gotta be safe

[TheRunAndShoot]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

I like your thinking. Knight - for any Dominican born player in the game - just go ahead and add 2 - 3 years to their age and adjust accordingly. Gotta be safe

hes actually Venezuelan but it wouldn't surprise me. i will add that venezuela doesn't tend to have the birth certificate problem that the DR and cuba have. and scouts had been looking at felix since he was like 13 or 14 which would make it a stretch being that he wasn't built and didn't have the features of a person near the end of puberty.

and to the people saying cordero and tyler johnson not being in the majors at the start of the season can you point me to where it says that? the depth chart and jim street have them both on the 25 man roster.

lastly randy messenger was cut. garrett olsen and chris shelton were optioned to AAA.

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

RAZRr1275 - Mets question. Does Parnell have a Splitfinger in your edits?

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090331&content_id=4097766&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

Fourth paragraph down.

Not now but he will once I do my second run-over once knight is done.

What is goal date for these to be ready.....opening day or so?

There are many posts answering this.

[Eugene5584]

Re: Full Minors Roster for '09

The bullpen roles are still mostly up in the air, Rodney and Lyon have both struggled this spring, so I would think they'd go with the default of Lyon closing and Rodney setting up.

Quoting myself to point out that I was wrong. Leyland indicated today that Rodney would get the call in a save situation on opening day, so I'd make him the closer for now. However, he also said that if there was another save situation on Tuesday, it might be Lyon. Very fluid situation, but for now I'd go with Rodney.