Former Cubs Prospect Updates

[Tim]

Somewhat strangely, the Yankees removed Torreyes from the 40-man roster by designating him for assignment in order to make room for Adams, who today was designated to clear space for Torreyes. The move looks curious on paper, of course, but the team’s hope may simply be that it is able to ultimately sneak one or both of Adams or Torreyes throughout outright waivers in order to keep him in the organization without committing a 40-man roster spot.

 

Torreyes has undergone one of the largest offseason whirlwinds in recent memory. In the past month alone, he’s been designated for assignment by the Dodgers, traded to the Yankees, designated for assignment by the Yankees, claimed by the Angels, designated for assignment by the Angels and now claimed by the Yankees. That, of course, is in addition to the fact that Torreyes began the 2015 season with Houston before being traded to the Blue Jays and later traded to the Dodgers. All told, he’s been a part of five organizations in the past eight and a half months alone.

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Basically, everybody likes him; they just have 41 guys they like better.

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If anyone's interested, Josh Vitters has resurfaced with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League. I found it off, if not sad that he completely disappeared after being cut by the Rockies at the end of last year's Spring Training at only 25 years old. Best of luck to him.

 

On a side note, it seems as though the Atlantic league is littered with ex Cubs/ex Cub prospects including Bryan LaHair, Justin Berg, Phil Coke, Nick Struck, Brad Snyder, Ty''Relle Harris (if anyone remembers the fringe prospect who was hit by a car,) and ready for a blast from the past- John Leicester.

 

Speaking of blasts from the pasts, a few other old schoolers kicking around that league are Endy Chavez, Fred Lewis, and former mega-prospect Sean Burroughs.

 

And yes, I wasted more time than any normal man should looking through Indie rosters.