Full Minors Roster for '09

[jHammack]

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Now now boys. Play nice haha


I will say that I enjoyed both pictures haha

[tree3five]

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-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

[TekWWFan]

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A long season for the O's no doubt. At least we can hit.

Today's update is if Chris Gomez doesn't make the 25-man, he's going to ask for a release and catch on somewhere else.

[Eugene5584]

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Some Tigers news this morning. Clay Rapada was optioned to AAA Toledo and Scott Williamson was sent to minor league camp. Rick Porcello, Ryan Perry, Juan Rincon, and Eddie Bonine have been told they've made the roster. Porecello and Minor will start, while Roberston is going to the pen.

That sets the pitching staff, although the exact rotation is unclear, because they open with games in Toronto and then play their home opener without a day off, meaning the fifth starter will start the home opener. Leyland has stated that Verlander will start opening day, followed by Jackson, and that he'd like to have Galarraga start the home opener. So right now, it looks like...

Verlander
Jackson
Minor
Porcello
Galarraga

Although, I think Minor and Galarraga could end up switched. 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. If so...

Lyon
Rodney
Seay
Perry
Rincon
Bonnine
Robertson

For the position players, they've waived Hessman, and optioned Raburn to AAA, meaning the battle for the final roster spot is down to Jeff Larish (the likely leader) and Brent Clevlen, who is out of options. That leaves the following bench...

Treaner
Santiago
Anderson
Larish/Clevlen

http://beck.mlblogs.com/

[TekWWFan]

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More Orioles news: O's traded Hayden Penn to the Marlins for Robert Andino. Andino is expected to make the 25-man roster on the bench for the O's, meaning that Chris Gomez and Jolbert Cabrera are probably gone. Gomez has said he won't go to the minors, not sure about Cabrera.

[cubspac]

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Royals trade Ross Gload to the marlins for a player to be named

[franch1se]

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hey Knight.

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

Also, i don't know if he made it into your set for the Padres but if he did, Manny Ayala was traded to the Phillies.

[BDawg35]

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Sounds like the Tigers roster has gotten an overhaul in the past day or so. My 'chise will have to wait a little longer. Good thing I didn't just jump into one with Gary Sheffield as my DH all season.

[WatchdogXC]

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Also, Josh Barfield has played 3B some and a lot of OF this spring in order to increase his versatility. He looked pretty good in CF one game I saw. Ryan Garko has played LF and RF as well to get himself in the lineup on days where Shoppach, Martinez, and Hafner all play.

here's a couple Indians moves today...

David DeLucci is starting the season on the DL so Trevor Crowe will open the season on the major league club (Halleluja...)

and Zach Jackson won the last bullpen spot...

so the Indians 25 man roster is set for the start of the year

• Starting rotation (five): Cliff Lee, Fausto Carmona, Carl Pavano, Scott Lewis and Anthony Reyes.

• Bullpen (seven): Kerry Wood, Rafael Betancourt, Rafael Perez, Jensen Lewis, Joe Smith, Masa Kobayashi and Zach Jackson.

• Catchers (two): Victor Martinez and Kelly Shoppach.

• Infielders (seven): Ryan Garko, Asdrubal Cabrera, Jhonny Peralta, Mark DeRosa, Jamey Carroll, Josh Barfield and Travis Hafner.

• Outfielders (four): Grady Sizemore, Shin-Soo Choo, Ben Francisco and Trevor Crowe.

[jHammack]

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Man I really wished the Pirates could have acquired Andino. But oh well that adds some depth for the O's though.

[loaf31]

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Man I really wished the Pirates could have acquired Andino. But oh well that adds some depth for the O's though.

He would have looked nice @ PNC park

[jHammack]

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Yeah, I would have loved to see that. But the front office didn't pull the trigger so it'll always be a what if.

[TheRunAndShoot]

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This is unofficial but this is the way things look like they're shaping up.

SEATTLE MARINERS

Opening Day Lineup
1) Ichiro-RF
2) Jose Lopez-2B
3) Ken Griffey Jr.- LF/DH*
4) Adrian Beltre- 3B
5) Russell Branyan- 1B
6) Mike Sweeney- DH/1B*
7) Kenji Jojima- C
8) Franklin Gutierrez- CF
9) Yuniesky Betancourt- SS

Pitching Rotation
1) Felix Hernandez
2) Erik Bedard-LHP
3) Carlos Silva
4) Jared Washburn-LHP
5) Ryan Rowland-Smith-LHP

Bullpen
LR- Miguel Batista
MR- David Aardsma
MR- Roy Cocoran
MR- Mark Lowe
SU- Tyler Johnson
SU- Chad Cordero
CP- Brandon Morrow*

Bench-
Rob Johnson- C*
Ronny Cedano- SS/2B
Endy Chavez- LF
Wladamir Balentien-RF/OF*

Notes-
Jr is likely to start on opening day at LF but will see upwards of 70% of his playing time at DH. Endy Chavez will start most days in LF and bat 9th moving Jojima, Guitierrez, and Betancourt each up a spot in the order. This would also take Mike Sweeney out of the starting lineup.

Mike Sweeney and Chris Shelton are fighting for to get the backup 1B job which will also likely fill in for Jr on his days off. Sweeney is looking like the front runner because of experiance but anything could happen.

Brandon Morrow is on the 15-day DL but should be ready for opening day.

Rob Johnson got the backup catcher spot because of his defense and the DH competition that knocked Jeff Clement out of the running about a week ago.

The final OF spot is a fight between Balentien and Mike Morse. Balentien looks like the front runner because he can play all three OF spots. Both of theses guys are out of minor league options meaning that one of them will have to pass waivers which is unlikly, especially for Morse because he his such a solid hitter.

Chris Jakubauskas took the M's camp by storm puting up the lowest ERA for a starting pitcher on the team but might be in AAA to start the year on account of no ML experiance. He was in the cape cod league last year.


These are unofficial but this is likley what the team will look like according to Jim Street who's been following the M's since '86 for the Seattle PI and now MLB.com

[BronxDigga]

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As a huge M's fan I agree with the lineup and bench. The bullpen is off from what it will look like opening day. Tyler Johnson wont start the season in the bigs, neither will Cordero.

[jim416]

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Yeah, Cordero, isn't he out until late May?