Where will guys start next season at? (Full Season Rosters)

[Guest]

Sweet Vitters in Peoria! I know it was expected, but Im just glad hes there, because that means I can go see him whenever I want. Anybody else on Peoria roster I should be looking at while there?

 

Ryan Flaherty was a supplemental first rounder last year. Nelson Perez will be intriguing to watch - great athlete who can hit mistakes a mile away but could strike out 150 times. Rebel Ridling also has great power but can struggle with contact.

 

Shafer was a 2nd rounder last year, Carpenter a 3rd rounder. Chris Huseby got first round money in 2006. Archer has really good stuff with questionable control (came over in the DeRosa thread).

[wvcbxl]

That Peoria infield looks nice. :D

[ChiefsVoice]

A lot of rambling thoughts here:

 

From this, it seems obvious that Marwin Gonzalez and Starlin Castro did skip over Peoria to Daytona. Good to see Guyer make it to Tennessee if he deserved to skip past Daytona. Also nice to see Coleman and Jackson start the year at Tennessee and Daytona. In the end, Welington Castillo didn't make it to Iowa which I am glad about since he's still pretty raw from all accounts. One guy MIA from Tennessee that surprised me was Marcos Mateo. Also, surprised to not see Carlos Perez catching with Peoria. I hope Junior Lake gets a lot of starts and isn't a utility guy. He'd be better off at extended/Boise if he was going to back up Flaherty and Harrison.

 

If I were to guess Peoria's rotation, I'd say Archer/Belliveau/Carpenter/Huseby/Shafer. Would love to see a guy like Cabrera or Hatley surprise and make the rotation. Disappointed to not see Cedric Redmond or Ryan Searle at full season. Great to see Huseby is alive, he must have found the strike zone again this spring. This is the first time in a few years we haven't seen a surprise young guy start the year in Peoria's rotation (in year's past, we've seen Gallagher, Ceda, Dolis and Rhee - I was hoping a guy like Suarez or Jung or an Aussie pitcher).

 

I think we are going Shafer, Archer, Beliveau, Carpenter...and then Hatley/Cabrera to piggyback. Huseby may be piggybacking someone as well. And I think you will see Searle on Daytona's roster. Lake should start at second, he has been in spring games with Harrison DHing and playing some LF. I believe we will start Campana in CF and Burke in RF with Andersen and Perez splittling LF/DH.

 

Brenly was supposed to be our 2nd catcher over Perez but he has a concussion after taking a foul ball off the mask last week and wasn't ready but should be here soon.

[Guest]

I think we are going Shafer, Archer, Beliveau, Carpenter...and then Hatley/Cabrera to piggyback. Huseby may be piggybacking someone as well. And I think you will see Searle on Daytona's roster. Lake should start at second, he has been in spring games with Harrison DHing and playing some LF. I believe we will start Campana in CF and Burke in RF with Andersen and Perez splittling LF/DH.

 

Brenly was supposed to be our 2nd catcher over Perez but he has a concussion after taking a foul ball off the mask last week and wasn't ready but should be here soon.

 

I totally forgot about the DH at A-ball but that's great to see Lake and Harrison will be starting.

 

Also good to hear that Hatley and Cabrera and Huseby will all get rotation chances. I really like Hatley's stuff even though he hasn't had too much success yet in the pros.

 

And holy crap, Searle at Daytona!? That's as surprising as Marwin and Starlin at Daytona. :)

 

Thanks, as always.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I like our system a lot better seeing names like Jackson/Coleman/Guyer in AA and Castro/Searle in A+. Now off to put the rosters on the wiki.

[Guest]

From what I've heard and read, it seems like Nelson Perez might be on a somewhat short leash as a position player. He has all the tools but he's incredibly raw. He was signed as a pitcher and had mid-90s stuff with an ok offspeed pitch and there are people in the organization who think he should convert back to the pitcher. He was also signed a bit later (signed at age 19) so there isn't as much time to spare with him as your usual 16 year old Dominican signing.

[Outshined_One]

From the looks of it, Iowa has something resembling a roster. However, there's some cross-over with Tennessee's roster.

[Guest]

From the looks of it, Iowa has something resembling a roster. However, there's some cross-over with Tennessee's roster.

 

I think this one has been up for a while (Billy Petrick being on there stirred up some discussion on whether or not he was really out of the organization).

 

Looks like Castillo and Robnett are the only cross overs which makes things a bit easier to guess.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Other thoughts after looking more closely(Peoria and Tennessee are up on the wiki, btw):

 

Robnett in AA, ouch.

 

The AA infield is seriously ungood. Fortunately, that'll mean more at bats for Castillo and Clevenger.

 

Tennessee could have a fantastic pitching staff, especially in the pen with Gaub, Maestrie, Papelbon, and Parker.

 

Nothing too glamorous at Peoria except for the infield, but it's quite the infield. Pitching is intriguing enough with Carpenter, Shafer, Pina, Archer, and Huseby.

[Guest]

I don't know how intriguing Pina is these days when he's back in Peoria and is likely relieving. I'm more interested in Cabrera and Hatley.

[Guest]

Found these pictures at ProjectProspect.com.

 

Josh Vitters:

 

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Hak-Ju Lee:

 

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Andrew Cashner:

 

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[Outshined_One]

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[Guest]

hilarious

 

btw - dang is he thin.

[craig]

From the looks of it, Iowa has something resembling a roster. However, there's some cross-over with Tennessee's roster.

 

I think this one has been up for a while (Billy Petrick being on there stirred up some discussion on whether or not he was really out of the organization). Looks like Castillo and Robnett are the only cross overs which makes things a bit easier to guess.

 

Castillo and Robnett are off; no current overlap with the AA list. But the list has some names that won't be there (Petrick and harben), and is missing a bunch (no catchers yet...), and is missing some really obvious names (Caridad). Obviously it's more active a list then just leftovers from last year; because Stevens has been added, and Robnett and Castillo removed.

[craig]

A few days ago Az Phil had posted some stuff from AZ speculating on assignments; at the time I thought there didn't seem to be much for surprises in terms of players.

 

But wow, now there are tons of surprises. The kind of guesses we would have had a month ago aren't even close.

 

Big surprises thus far:

1. Coleman starting in AA? wow

2. Jackson starting in AA? wow

3. Lambert starting in AA? wow

4. Guyer starting in AA? wow

5. Castro starting in A+? wow

6. Ryan Searle starting in A+? wow

 

Other things that struck me or surprised me:

1. Huseby being on a full-season roster at all, in any capacity. Didn't expect that. Will be interesting to see whether he can find the plate during real games, and get anybody out.

2. 2nd and 3rd rounders Shafer and Carpenter starting in low-A, while at least three lower-drafted pitchers starting at higher levels: Not only Jackson (8th round) and Coleman (15th round) all the way at AA, but James Leverton (9th round) must be starting at Daytona, and probably in rotation.

3. I expected to see Dan McDaniel (14th round) at Peoria. I assume that means that he too skipped right up to daytona.

4. Flaherty skipped over by Castro. as with the other skippings, not expected by me.

 

With all of these guys being unexpectedly rushed up/skipped up to unexpectedly high levels, it raises all kinds of questions.

1. Is there some new philosophy going on? In recent years it seemed that other than an occasional Acosta-at-Peoria, that Fleita hasn't done a lot of dramatic or surprising promoting. Some fans were bugged that guys weren't moving up more aggressively given their ages. Has Fleita been persuaded somehow to try a more aggressive mode?

 

2. They often recite this "We're in the earn it business"? Are some of these meant to show how they don't care how you did last year or where you were drafted or how old you are, if somebody looks better than you in camp we're going to give jobs and promotions to the good-camp guys?

 

Some really surprising placements. Lets just hope that some of these rushed-along guys can produce in the real season, and not just look good in the 2-3 weeks of camp games. If Jackson and Guyer and coleman excel in AA, we'll be all enthused. But what if Jackson and Coleman are 4.5 and 5.0, and Guyer is hitting .240, and Lambert is 6.5 ERA? What if Castro hits .230 with a .605 OPS, and Searle is cooking along with a 5.5 ERA? Then these "wow" promotions might not look so wow.

[Guest]

Sounds like Larry Suarez and/or Justin Bristow were the last ones out for Peoria's rotation. Which means they'll probably be the first ones up from extended when Peoria gets an injury.

 

Tennessee's exhibition game tomorrow has been cancelled due to bad weather.

[craig]

Marcus Mateo was not on that Tennessee roster. DL'd, rushed all the way up to Iowa while they're skipping everybody else much higher than I expect, or did he get bypassed and he's returning to Daytona?

[craig]

Marcus Mateo was not on that Tennessee roster. DL'd, rushed all the way up to Iowa while they're skipping everybody else much higher than I expect, or did he get bypassed and he's returning to Daytona?

[Flames24Rulz]

I'm definitely hoping I get to see Vitters this year.

[chattbaseball]

Tennessee's exhibition game tomorrow has been cancelled due to bad weather.

 

It's mid-30's with a chance of snow down here in Tennessee. Using the same logic that was used to cancel the exhibition game tomorrow, we should probably call off the entire first month of the Peoria season, right?

[craig]

OK, with Peoria and Tenn defined, I'll make my guesses for Daytona:

 

C: Carlos Perez (another high jump?), Mark Reed (attempting to set a record for the same number of consecutive years with the same class-A team), and perhaps John Contreras (switching to C)

 

IF: Rosa 1B, Samson 2B, Castro SS, Marques Smith 3B, Marwin Gonzalez utility, possibly Jhon Mota?

 

OF: Johnston RF, Rundle CF, Canzler LF, Wyatt utility OF, Colvin DH

 

Rotation: Cashner (if/when he's healthy enough), Searles (big jump), Mateo (interesting that he's repeating when so many others are jumping), Leverton, and perhaps Marco Carrillo again or a surprise.

 

Relief; I'm thinking the appropriate number from perhaps a pool of McDaniel (another high jumper), Muyco, Cales, Vento, Williamson, and maybe as needed from Hernandez, John Muller, Siegfried, Sasser, Muschko, Luke Sommer type pool of options.

[Keener98]

I'm definitely hoping I get to see Vitters this year.

 

 

I just got laid off so Ive got plenty of time to go watch Peoria this year. Think we need to have a NSBB meetup in Peoria this year.

[Outshined_One]

I'm definitely hoping I get to see Vitters this year.

 

 

I just got laid off so Ive got plenty of time to go watch Peoria this year. Think we need to have a NSBB meetup in Peoria this year.

 

Sounds like a plan!

[Guest]

OK, with Peoria and Tenn defined, I'll make my guesses for Daytona:

 

C: Carlos Perez (another high jump?), Mark Reed (attempting to set a record for the same number of consecutive years with the same class-A team), and perhaps John Contreras (switching to C)

 

IF: Rosa 1B, Samson 2B, Castro SS, Marques Smith 3B, Marwin Gonzalez utility, possibly Jhon Mota?

 

OF: Johnston RF, Rundle CF, Canzler LF, Wyatt utility OF, Colvin DH

 

Rotation: Cashner (if/when he's healthy enough), Searles (big jump), Mateo (interesting that he's repeating when so many others are jumping), Leverton, and perhaps Marco Carrillo again or a surprise.

 

Relief; I'm thinking the appropriate number from perhaps a pool of McDaniel (another high jumper), Muyco, Cales, Vento, Williamson, and maybe as needed from Hernandez, John Muller, Siegfried, Sasser, Muschko, Luke Sommer type pool of options.

 

I'd add Al Alburquerque to the rotation and Luis Bautista and Robinson Chirinos to the C/U position.

[karenmac]

I'm definitely hoping I get to see Vitters this year.

 

 

I just got laid off so Ive got plenty of time to go watch Peoria this year. Think we need to have a NSBB meetup in Peoria this year.

 

Sounds like a plan!

 

I'm happy to set it up - just let me know what dates work for those that may want to join!