As in seasons past I decided to write the non roster report. The non roster report highlighted a player who was not on an organizations 40-man roster but who had been invited to camp. Some of the guys I wrote about are minor leaguers, some are veterans looking to hang on and others may be [...]
Good grief is there anyone who wasn’t invited to camp by the New York Yankees? Boone Logan and Royce Ring have been fighting for the second lefty spot in the pen. Logan is guaranteed north of 500,000 while Ring is guaranteed a pair of Yankee pants. While Ring has pitched 4.1 scoreless innings this spring [...]
Charles Lessman and Brent Morel both figure to be cut from the roster on Tuesday or Wednesday. It wasn’t that either had a chance they were just showcasing themselves for later this season. Morel has done everything right and manager Ozzie Guillen has went as far to say he reminded him of a younger Joe [...]
I struggled with this pick. Enrique Gonzalez, Robinzon Diaz and Jeff Larish all were options and alas I went with Diaz. Diaz spent some time with Pittsburgh last season and Alex Avila, who is on the 40-man roster, keeps hitting this spring a part of me thinks the Tigers may want to send him back [...]
The Kansas City Royals may have to add Brad Thompson to their roster. Thompson is about the only pitcher wearing a blue hat that says KC that has actually recorded outs this spring. With a spot or two up for grabs in the pen and a rotation that has fallen on it’s face this spring [...]
The Colorado Rockies brought back Juan Rincon, 31, despite the fact the reliever wasn’t very good for the team last season. In fact Rincon hasn’t been useful since 2006. I suppose that’s what happens when you are off the PED’s. Really it was hard to choose between Rincon or Tim Redding here as both figure [...]
I was going to talk about Nix’s chances of making the Reds but I couldn’t help but copy and paste a recent article from the AP. GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Cincinnati Reds outfielder Laynce Nix has been cited for driving on a suspended license during spring training in Arizona. Police say Nix was pulled over [...]
The highlight of Red Sox camp appears to be whether the team can find a second left handed pitcher out of the bullpen. While I’ve never thought too much of the second lefty myself (I believe it’s more like the third string QB, its already screwed if he comes in) there is nonetheless an endless [...]
Hank Blalock joined Tampa Bay on a minor league deal but almost instantly many expected him to share time at DH with Pat Burrell. While Willy Abar may be as good of a bet as Blalock is with the stick there seems to be no shortage of people who think perhaps a change of scenery [...]
Considering just about everyone who was able to walk into Rangers camp last year got a spot on the major league roster I’ll go ahead and say I’m a bit disappointed with the names I saw on their list of non roster invitees this year. While Justin Smoak will almost certainly make his major league [...]
