Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 4-1 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 5:00 p.m. Hill (1-0, 4.22 in ’13) vs. Whitley (3-2, 3.06 in ’13) Harrisburg Lost, 12-6 @ Bowie, 6:35 p.m. Rivero (9-7, 3.40 @ A+ in ’13) vs. Wilson (7-5, 3.83 in ’13) Potomac Lost, 6-3 @ Carolina, 7:00 p.m. Pena (4-3, 3.48 @ A- …
Rather than clutter tomorrow’s News & Notes with this many moves, here are the transactions that have come to our attention (yes, the daily games notes are coming in to the inbox again)…
SYRACUSE
• RHP Brad Meyers, C Brian Jeroloman, UT Josh Johnson placed on the 7-Day DL
HARRISBURG
• C Brandon Bantz assigned from Washington
• RHP Paul Demny, Rafael Martin reassigned from Potomac, placed on the 7-Day DL
• LHP Sammy Solis, placed on the 7-Day DL
POTOMAC
• 1B Shawn Pleffner reassigned from Hagerstown, placed on 7-Day DL
HAGERSTOWN
• LHP Kylin Turnbull, RHPs Wirkin Estevez, Cody Davis, OF Narciso Mesa placed on 7-Day DL
It’s a full slate today for minor-league Opening Day — first time since 2010 — as the Chiefs host the RailRiders, the Senators visit the BaySox, the P-Nats visit the Mudcats, and the Suns host the R-Braves. Well, weather permitting. As of this writing, it’s 27 degrees in Central NY with a first-pitch forecast of …
After Sandy Leon was a no-show for the Mayflies Senators media day yesterday, it was no mystery as to which catcher on the Washington 40-man roster would get the call today. This afternoon, the Nationals officially placed C Wilson Ramos on the 15-Day DL and recalled Sandy Leon from Harrisburg.
In a related story, veteran minor-league catcher Brandon Bantz was signed to a minor-league deal today as well. Bantz spent 2013 with the Mariners organization, splitting time between AA Jackson and AAA Tacoma, with a one-game sojourn to Seattle last June 8th, which was his MLB debut. Combined, Bantz hit .219/.282/.307 in 59 minor-league games, but was released at the end of spring training this year.
Rotoworld.com is reporting that Bantz has been assigned to Syracuse, which is in line with previous catcher shuffles. If this turns out to be the case, journeyman Jeff Howell will be reassigned from the Chiefs to the Senators to take Leon’s place on the Harrisburg roster.
As always, if/when the corresponding moves are announced, this space will be updated.
The Potomac Nationals unveiled its 2014 Opening Day this afternoon, which as per usual, will return quite a few familiar names. Without further ado, here’s the rundown (watchlist players in bold, notables in italics): PITCHERS INFIELDERS OUTFIELDERS CATCHERS Dakota Bacus Kevin Keyes Brandon Miller Cole Leonida Robert Benincasa Mike McQuillan Justin Miller Pedro Severino Ian …
Well, it has been a long cold lonely winter, so here come the Suns* for 2014 (watchlist players in bold, notables in italics): * Yes, I’ve been waiting awhile for the chance to drop that one PITCHERS INFIELDERS OUTFIELDERS CATCHERS Dixon Anderson Wilmer Difo Isaac Ballou Spencer Kieboom Andrew Cooper David Masters Rafael Bautista Craig …
Coming on the heels (i.e. roughly 29 minutes later) of the Senators announcement, the Syracuse Chiefs also announced its 2014 Opening Day roster (watchlist players in bold, notables in italics): PITCHERS INFIELDERS OUTFIELDERS CATCHERS Xavier Cedeno Emmanuel Burriss Brian Goodwin Jeff Howell Manny Delcarmen Brandon Laird Jeff Kobernus Jhonatan Solano Christian Garcia Brock Peterson Tyler …
As it has been historically, the Harrisburg Senators were the first of the four full-season affiliates to release their 2014 Opening Day Roster (2014 watchlist players in bold, 2014 notables in italics): PITCHERS INFIELDERS OUTFIELDERS CATCHERS Gabriel Alfaro Justin Bloxom Destin Hood Mitch Canham Colin Bates Cutter Dykstra Caleb Ramsey Sandy Leon A.J. Cole Ricky …
While we patiently await the finalization of the four full-season rosters, here are few more transactions to pass along (H/T to Springfield Fan): OF Wander Ramos released (Hagerstown) UT Francisco Soriano released (Potomac) LHP Christian Meza released (Hagerstown) Obviously, the jettison of “Help Me” is a bit of a shock (though it could just be …
Offline, it’s been a busy week, which has conveniently coincided with the last lull before the season starts up. Folks are starting to ask when the rosters will be released, and the answer is… soon. Media Day is Tuesday, April 1 (no, really) for Potomac, Hagerstown, and Syracuse and the player lists are usually a …