Tuesday’s News & Notes; Rosters for the Rest of the Minors

Team	Yesterday	Today	Pitching Matchup (’24 Stats at the Level)
Rochester	OFF DAY	vs. Lehigh Valley, 4:05 p.m.	Ogasawara (5-11, 3.12 @ JCPL)vs. Crismatt (2-4, 5.81)

Today’s high is forecast for 40 degrees in Rochester, with… wait for it… rain tomorrow and Thursday. SSDY.

Again, I will remind folks that the Red Wings do not play below the Mason-Dixon line until late July.

Harrisburg Releases its Opening Day Roster

As suggested in the comments, the roster for Harrisburg has been set. Here’s a quick look at the breakdown (Watchlist players in bold):

PITCHERS
Ivan Armstrong, Jose Atencio, Michael Cuevas, Garrett Davila, Marquis Grissom, Jr., Cole Henry, Kyle Luckham, Todd Peterson, Holden Powell, Dustin Saenz, Junior Santos, Tyler Schoff, Seth Shuman, and Jarlin Susana

CATCHERS
Maxwell Romero, Jr. and CJ Stubbs

INFIELDERS
JT Arruda, Phillip Glasser, Cortland Lawson, Yohandy Morales, Joe Naranjo, Viandel Peña and Cayden Wallace.

OUTFIELDERS
Carlos de la Cruz, Jeremy de la Rosa, Daylen Lile, Nic Schnell, and Donta’ Williams

There are a lot of repeats and OGs here—17 of the 29 have played here previously—with just a couple of true prospects. So, in other words, what used to be a typical Potomac roster in the previous decade.

Wilmington Releases its Opening Day Roster

As per usual, Wilmington’s announcement came via social media with zero commentary. It was the least they could do (because if they could have done less, they would have). Here’s to another summer of ChatGPT content!

PITCHERS
Anthony Arguelles, Wander Arias, Alex Clemmey, Riley Cornelio, Marc Davis, Bubba Hall, Chance Huff, Yeuris Jimenez, Jackson Kent, Thomas Schultz, Jared Simpson, Travis Sthele, Mike Tepper, Samuel Vasquez, and Luke Young

CATCHERS
Caleb Lomavita and Matt Suggs

INFIELDERS
Branden Boisserie, Marcus Brown, Armando Cruz, Gavin Dugas, Seaver King, Brandon Pimentel, Murphy Stehly, and T.J. White

OUTFIELDERS
Brenner Cox, Elijah Green, Jared McKenzie, Johnathan Thomas

This team may not get shut out as often as last year’s team, but it seems doubtful that they’ll hit enough to win very much when Clemmey and Kent aren’t pitching

Fredericksburg Releases its Opening Day Roster

Like a year ago, there may be some disappointment outside of the Fredericksburg Booster Club (watchlist players in bold, new players in italics:

PITCHERS
Austin Amaral, Merrick Baldo, Merritt Beeker, Adam Bloebaum, Matthew Bollenbacher, Gavin Bruni, Robert Cranz
Kevin Dowdell, Davian Garcia, Alexander Meckley, Erick Mejia, Ryan Minckler, Bryan Polanco, Angel Roman, Yoel Tejeda Jr., Erik Tolman

CATCHERS
Kevin Bazzell, Christian FagnantNate Rombach

INFIELDERS
Everett Cooper, Randal Diaz, Jorgelys Mota, Roismar Quintana, Yoander Rivero
Jackson Ross, Carlos Tavares

OUTFIELDERS
Moises Gallardo, Elijah Nunez, Nate Ochoa, Nick Peoples, Cristhian Vaquero

Only about a 1/3rd of these players are newcomers, with a handful who be making their pro debuts “thanks” to the FCL morphing from primarily a place for draft picks to play to a finishing school for DSL guys.