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Buck, I posted Sickel's list a few weeks ago. You ignoring me again. It's cool, don't blame you.

I started posting our minor league teams' rosters, but I'm seeing some mistakes. Guess I'll wait till sites get the kinks worked out.

Minor games start on Apr 5. Rosters probably still in flux.

civ ollilavad wrote: Columbus will field an unusually young AAA lineup with first-timers at that level Allen, Mejia, Bradley I assume, Chang I assume and Haase. Papi tried and failed there last year and will return, Nellie one of the few remaining Rodriguezes improved slowly over his AAA debut season. Stamets made his AAA debut last year too, so the only minor league vet as a regular will be Richie Shaffer, and he's not one of those 30+ year old AAAA types.
Pitching in Columbus won't be much -- Morimando, Plutko return after poor debuts; Merritt's on DL and is out of options, Merryweather out for the season. Here come the old guys led by Steven Fife. Maybe Michael Peoples, DJ Brown, not much.

Hmm could be fun seeing those young position players when they come to town here in Rochester (Twins).

Sorry HB -- Missed the post

Just kidding with ya, Buck. Thanks for bringing in some info and livening up the place.

Rosters are definitely still a work in progress. Lake County's doesn't show any of the kids debuting there like Jones or Benson. Hillman and Aiken listed as pitchers, will they return or be promoted despite bad years? Thought I read something that suggested Aiken was going to Lynchburg.

Hillcat roster looks a bit more real. Ice and Chu are showing as catchers; Tapia and Wakamatsu promoted for 1B and SS; Pantoja 2B; Collins returns at 3rd. Capel moving up to join Carter and Longo and Marabell in a not bad OF.
Pitchers include Sam Hentges promoted along with Miniard who was pretty awful in LC last year too; who's Jake Paulson a 6-7 righty?; other possible starters are Anderson Polanco and Tanner Tully and Justin Garza. Guess Aiken and Hillman will be back in Eastlake.

Akron's roster is basically the 2017 crowd with a couple deletions, e.g. Mejia and Haase are gone and no one replaces them. I wonder if Murphy might be assigned here to work with the young arms.

Columbus shows Chang along with the two catchers, but not Bobby Bradley. Also includes DJ Brown who's been released and Merryweather who's out for TJ surgery.

I think these may all have been posted here although I don't recall Paulson. Clippers need starting pitchers, I suppose he'll be one
The bevy of releases will be coming this week.

Cleveland Indians
Signed: RHP Jake Paulson (released by Reds, March 17) | 1B Mike Napoli (re-signed)
Released: RHP Carlos Frias | RHP Carlos Torres | RHP D.J. Brown | RHP Ping-Hsueh Chen
Added to 40-man roster: RHP Matt Belisle | OF Rajai Davis
Designated for assignment: RHP Ben Taylor | OF Abraham Almonte
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Jack Leathersich

Might still be a mistake or three but here is updated rosters. Only glaring mistake I am seeing is Aaron Civale's name is nowhere to be found. Not on any roster or DL list. But here goes ...

Lynchburg Hillcats Roster

Managers & Coaches (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status
Justin Toole Hitting Coach R R 6' 0" 180 09-10-1986 Active
Rouglas Odor Manager R R 5' 11" 165 01-26-1968 Active
Grant Fink Bench Coach R R 6' 3" 215 12-14-1990 Active
Tony Arnold Pitching Coach R R 5' 11" 170 05-03-1959 Active

Pitchers (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
Justin Garza P R R 5' 10" 170 03-20-1994 Active No
Sam Hentges P L L 6' 6" 245 07-18-1996 Active No
Luis Jimenez P R R 6' 4" 170 01-02-1995 Active No
Ben Krauth P L L 6' 0" 180 03-10-1994 Active No
Kieran Lovegrove P R R 6' 4" 185 07-28-1994 Active No
Henry Martinez P R R 6' 1" 175 04-27-1994 Active No
Micah Miniard P R R 6' 7" 195 04-12-1996 Active No
Jake Paulson P R R 6' 7" 210 02-17-1992 Active No
Anderson Polanco P L L 6' 3" 190 09-06-1992 Active No
Dalbert Siri P R R 6' 2" 190 07-19-1995 Active No
Billy Strode P L L 6' 0" 180 08-10-1992 Active No
Tanner Tully P L L 6' 0" 200 11-30-1994 Active No

Catchers (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
Li-Jen Chu C R R 5' 11" 200 03-13-1994 Active No
Logan Ice C S R 5' 10" 195 05-27-1995 Active No

Infielders (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
Erlin Cerda 3B R R 5' 9" 170 05-05-1994 Active No
Gavin Collins 3B R R 5' 11" 205 07-17-1995 Active No
Anthony Miller 1B L R 6' 4" 240 10-04-1994 Active No
Alexis Pantoja 2B L R 5' 11" 150 01-18-1996 Active No
Emmanuel Tapia 1B L L 6' 3" 215 02-26-1996 Active No
Luke Wakamatsu SS S R 6' 3" 185 10-10-1996 Active No

Outfielders (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
Trenton Brooks LF L L 6' 0" 180 07-03-1995 Active No
Conner Capel RF L L 6' 1" 185 05-19-1997 Active No
Jodd Carter CF R R 5' 10" 170 07-20-1996 Active No
Mitch Longo RF L R 6' 0" 185 01-12-1995 Active No
Connor Marabell RF L R 6' 1" 195 03-28-1994 Active No

Players on Disabled List:
OF Connor Marabell
RHP Triston McKenzie

This team has McKenzie currently listed on their DL, who is obviously the guy to keep an eye on. Hopefully he ends up in Akron soon though. But I think they have some under the radar guys worthy of watching too. My man Mitch Longo, of course. Sam Hentges is finally healthy and looks to build on his strong finish to last season. In his last 10 games last year Hentges allowed 23 hits in 32 innings while striking out 40. He might be my pick to click this year. There is also a couple interesting relievers on this team. Siri of course. And my man, the myth, the legend, Ben Krauth. So far in his minor league career Krauth has a 1.79 ERA, allowed 79 hits in 117 innings, while striking out 138.

Managers & Coaches (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status
Rigo Beltran Pitching Coach L L 5' 11" 215 11-13-1969 Active
Kevin Howard Hitting Coach L R 6' 2" 210 06-25-1981 Active
Dennis Malave Bench Coach L L 5' 9" 175 01-06-1980 Active
Tony Mansolino Manager R R 6' 1" 190 09-28-1982 Active

Pitchers (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
39 Shane Bieber P R R 6' 3" 195 05-31-1995 Active No
26 Mitch Brown P R R 6' 1" 195 04-13-1994 Active No
29 Shao-Ching Chiang P R R 6' 0" 175 11-10-1993 Active No
45 Matt Esparza P R R 6' 2" 195 08-22-1994 Active No
35 Justin Garcia P R R 6' 1" 180 09-16-1992 Active No
Rob Kaminsky P R L 5' 11" 190 09-02-1994 Active No
Dace Kime P R R 6' 4" 200 03-06-1992 Active No
30 Leandro Linares P R R 6' 3" 205 01-27-1994 Active No
Michael Peoples P R R 6' 5" 190 09-05-1991 Active No
24 David Speer P L L 6' 1" 185 08-14-1992 Active No
41 Matt Whitehouse P L L 6' 1" 175 04-13-1991 Active No

Infielders (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
44 Bobby Bradley 1B L R 6' 1" 225 05-29-1996 Active No
Willi Castro SS S R 6' 1" 165 04-24-1997 Active Yes
15 Tyler Krieger 2B S R 6' 2" 170 01-16-1994 Active No
23 Mark Mathias 3B R R 6' 0" 200 08-02-1994 Active No
9 Joe Sever 3B R R 6' 0" 205 08-12-1990 Active No

Outfielders (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
8 Todd Hankins CF R R 5' 9" 180 11-18-1990 Active No
25 Taylor Murphy RF L R 6' 2" 200 11-03-1992 Active No
2 Dorssys Paulino LF R R 6' 0" 175 11-21-1994 Active No

Players on Disabaled List:
LHP Rob Kaminsky
RHP Dace Kime
RHP Matt Esparza

I am certain Aaron Civale is on this roster too and was just accidentally left off. He and Bieber have become joined at the hip. Can't have one without other.

This team has a lot of talent and should be fun to follow. Bradley is starting off back here. I hope it is because he has one last hurdle to cross and not because of a bum like Napoli keeping him from getting his promotion. ... Slick Wili Castro is here and quite a talented SS. ... Then of course Bieber and Civale. Chiang's fallen behind and barely worth a mention.

Managers & Coaches (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status
26 Chris Tremie Manager R R 6' 0" 210 10-17-1969 Active
Johnny Narron Hitting Coach L R 6' 2" 185 11-13-1951 Active
Bobby Magallanes Bench Coach R R 6' 0" 175 08-18-1969 Active
20 Steve Karsay Pitching Coach R R 6' 3" 215 03-24-1972 Active

Pitchers (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
28 D.J. Brown P R R 6' 6" 205 11-28-1990 Active No
Preston Claiborne P R R 6' 2" 225 01-21-1988 Active No
Stephen Fife P R R 6' 3" 225 10-04-1986 Active No
29 Louis Head P R R 6' 1" 180 04-23-1990 Active No
22 Cam Hill P R R 6' 1" 185 05-24-1994 Active No
Jack Leathersich P R L 5' 11" 205 07-14-1990 Active No
35 Josh Martin P R R 6' 5" 230 12-30-1989 Active No
Julian Merryweather P R R 6' 4" 200 10-14-1991 Active Yes
Jordan Milbrath P R R 6' 6" 215 08-01-1991 Active No
Shawn Morimando P L L 6' 0" 200 11-20-1992 Active Yes
R.C. Orlan P R L 6' 0" 185 09-28-1990 Active No
Adam Plutko P R R 6' 3" 200 10-03-1991 Active Yes
Bryan Price P R R 6' 4" 215 11-13-1986 Restricted No
46 Cole Sulser P R R 6' 0" 190 03-12-1990 Active No
Adam Wilk P L L 6' 2" 180 12-09-1987 Active No
Robert Zarate P L L 6' 3" 200 02-01-1987 Active No

Catchers (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
Eric Haase C R R 5' 10" 180 12-18-1992 Active Yes
Francisco Mejia C S R 5' 10" 180 10-27-1995 Active Yes
Jack Murphy C S R 6' 4" 235 04-06-1988 Active No

Infielders (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
Yu Chang SS R R 6' 1" 175 08-18-1995 Active Yes
Yandy Diaz 3B R R 6' 2" 185 08-08-1991 Active Yes
9 Jose Medina 1B L L 6' 1" 185 02-14-1995 Active No
27 Nellie Rodriguez 1B R R 6' 2" 225 06-12-1994 Active No
Adam Rosales SS R R 6' 2" 200 05-20-1983 Active No
Eric Stamets SS R R 6' 0" 190 09-25-1991 Active Yes

Outfielders (click column headers to sort)

# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
Greg Allen CF S R 6' 0" 175 03-15-1993 Active Yes
43 Mike Papi RF L R 6' 3" 215 09-19-1992 Active No
8 Richie Shaffer LF R R 6' 3" 230 03-15-1991 Active No

Players on Disabled List:
RHP Julian Merryweather
RHP Cam Hill
RHP Josh Martin
INF Eric Stamets
C Jack Murphy

Frankie Mejia is obviously the main guy to watch here. How long will he remain here is yet to be seen. Most likely till September unless something crazy happens. Greg Allen and Yandy Diaz are of course other prospects to watch here. Pitching staff is mostly under-performers and will be worth watching if one of these guys like Morimando or Merryweather can finally put it together. I say doubtful...

And let me not forget the Captains my Captains.
Players on Disabled List:
RHP Ryan Colegate
RHP Erick Algarin
INF Jonathan Laureano

The guys to watch here will roam the OF. Former 1st rounder Will Benson and good lookin youngster Oscar Gonzalez. Both have potential but haven't shown it in spades yet. Might be time to shine. Nolan Jones is of course another guy to watch here.

You may notice that Eli Morgan was left off all rosters too. I think he will start here this season. And he is one I will watch. See how far that great changeup takes him. Hillman is coming off a disaster, interested in seeing if he can bounce back. Karinchak too. Few interesting pitchers I didn't mention too. Young guys with good arms.

And don't forget, this year we will have two Arizona rookie league teams.

Just read this tweet that confirms it.

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Lake County Captains @LCCaptains
Eli Morgan is putting in some extra work after practice this afternoon. He will be our Opening Night starter Thursday Night! Morgan was third in strikeouts in NCAA Div. I last season at Gonzaga.
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Karinchak was also in top 3 that year and is also on Captains this year.

I saw an updated version for Akron that includes Civale and Brady and a catcher, too! OF includes Ka'ai Tom, Taylor Murphy, Andrew Calica. Loopstock at 1st and I guess backup catcher to Salters, as well.

What's the issue with McKenzie? Didn't know he was hurt?

link:
http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=milb&cid=402