*Sigh* – still another day until the minor-league season begins, but it occurred to me that there might be some interest in see how the 2013 Watchlist has been distributed to start the season. Excluding the DSL guys for obvious reasons, here’s how it looks (ordered by position 1-9 first, alphabetical second): SYRACUSE– Rosenbaum, E. …
As expected, the latest transaction post from Baseball America was filled with releases and reassignments that have already been covered. There were, however, two signings that I’ll pass along… but unfortunately there’s not a whole lot to tell. • Signed RHP Fiyeral Charlis • Signed OF Anthony Bryant The presumption is that Charlis is a …
The official press release is not yet in hand, but per MASN’s Byron Kerr, here’s a look at the 2013 Hagerstown Suns (watchlist players in bold, notables in italics): PITCHERS INFIELDERS OUTFIELDERS CATCHERS Dixon Anderson Carlos Lopez J.R. Higley Craig Manuel Robert Benincasa Mike McQuillan Estarlin Martinez Pedro Severino Brian Dupra Khayyan Norfork Brandon Miller …
The Potomac Nationals unveiled its 2013 Opening Day this afternoon, which as expected, will feature quite a few familiar faces. Without further ado, here’s the rundown (watchlist players in bold, notables in italics: PITCHERS INFIELDERS OUTFIELDERS CATCHERS Colin Bates Cutter Dykstra Billy Burns Cole Leonida A.J. Cole Blake Kelso Randolph Oduber Adrian Nieto Matt Grace …
As noted in the comments, the Syracuse Chiefs “revealed a preliminary roster” yesterday, beginning with a feature on the starting pitchers. If you have a fixation for uniform numbers, you’re going to have to wait a few more days — just only handful of players have numbers listed so far. Otherwise, here’s how the active …
It was expected to be the first, but perhaps not this soon… this afternoon the Harrisburg Senators announced its 2013 Opening Day Roster. As was the case last year, there are more than 25 names here, which means one or more of them will be placed on the DL prior to the Sens’ home opener …
Late yesterday afternoon, the Nationals announced the reassignment of 1B/LF Micah Owings and UT Carlos Rivero to minor-league camp. Both will presumably begin the season in Syracuse. MLB.com beat writer Bill “No, I did not play Stevie’s Dad on Malcolm In The Middle” Ladson also had the news of another set of releases: RHP Alex …
Like slideshows of cheerleaders and WAGs for Bleacher Report*, Baseball America can’t resist another chance to re-issue a list, which it did today with the 2013 Organizational Talent Rankings. *Full disclosure: I can’t resist bulldogs or visual puns. As a system, the Nats came in at #13 — up three spots from the #16 ranking …
After a busy weekend of transaction news, here’s a few tidbits to tide folks over in case things really do slow down on the minors front. • Adam Kilgore gives us updates on Sammy Solis, Nathan Karns, and a whole lot of info on Steve Souza. To be fair, Souza has long been a favorite …
We now interrupt your lazy Sunday afternoon for another transaction-oriented post.
The Washington Nationals announced late Sunday afternoon that out-of-options IF-OF Carlos Rivero passed through waivers and has been outrighted to Syracuse while RHP Christian Garcia was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a forearm tendon strain.
If there’s an underlying theme among these moves — minus Garcia — it’s that Nats GM Mike Rizzo is adamant that “surplus” players aren’t leaving without a decent return. Both Colorado and Detroit were looking to hold onto Danny Rosenbaum and Jeff Kobernus, respectively, but returned them because “the asking price was too high.”
It’s probably safe to deduce that the Nats were unable to trade Rivero for the same reason.
The Garcia move is retroactive to Friday, which would make the righthander eligible on April 6th. With zero exhibition appearances, his injury history, and the careful management of his workload last summer, estimates such as Adam Kilgore’s of Garcia missing the month of April seem rather plausible.