Bleacherbum at Fanhome has the inside scoop on the rosters, with some interesting developments.
- The Swing of the Quad Cities are going to start with an 8 man (!) rotation. Guh?
- Amaury Marti has been loaned to a Mexican League team. I guess that makes the outfield situation a little less cluttered. Of course, he still remains under team control.
MEMPHIS
Pitchers:
Starters:
Matt Ginter
Blake Hawksworth
Randy Keisler (L)
Chris Narveson (L)
Mike Smith
Bullpen:
Troy Cate
Andy Cavazos
Dennis Dove
Brian Falkenborg (Closer)
Kelvin Jimenez
Mike Sillman
Mark Worrell
Catchers:
Ryan Christianson
Brian Esposito
Infielders:
Tagg Bozied
Jolbert Cabrera
Edgar Gonzalez
Travis Hanson
John Nelson
Brendan Ryan
Rico Washington
Outfielders:
Rick Ankiel
Ryan Ludwick
John Rodriguez
Nick Stavinoha
SPRINGFIELD
Pitchers:
Starters:
Mike Parisi
Mitchell Boggs
Jaime Garcia
Chris Lambert
Cory Rauschenberger (formerly Cory Meacham)
Bullpen:
Hugh Castellanos
Jose Garcia
Kevin Ool
Chris Perez (Closer)
Matt Scherer
Brian Stitt
Zach Zuercher
Catchers:
Bryan Anderson
Matt Pagnozzi
Infielders:
Tyler Greene - SS
Jarrett Hoffpauir - 2B
Juan Lucena - Utility
Joe Mather - 1B
Mike McCoy - Utility
Juan Richardson - 3B
Outfielders:
Reid Gorecki
Jon Jay
Colby Rasmus
The Swing of the Quad Cities
Pitchers:
Starters:
Brandon Dickson
Brad Furnish (L)
Shaun Garceau
Elvis Hernandez
Tyler Herron
Blake King
Mike Schellinger
P J Walters
Bullpen:
Brian Schroeder (L)
Kyle Mura
Kyle Sadlowski
Matt Lane
Kenny Maiques (Closer)
Catchers:
Omar Falcon
Chris Grossman
Infielders:
Brandon Buckman
Isa Garcia
Christian Lopez
William Sandoval
Jared Schweitzer
Donovan Solano
Outfielders:
Luke Gorsett
Daryl Jones
Jim Rapaport
Mark Shorey
No Palm Beach roster yet, but some of the blanks aren’t too hard to fill in:
I’d guess the rotation would be:
Gary Daley
Eddie Degerman
Trey Hearne
Adam Daniels
Adam Ottavino
Tyler Norrick
And the pen would be:
Jason Motte
Luke Gregorson
Nick Webber
Fernando Salas
Donnie Smith
amongst others
And around the horn would be:
C-David Carpenter (?)
1B-Mark Hamilton
2B-Jose Martinez
SS-Allen Craig
3B-Dan Nelson (?)
LF-Shane Robinson
CF-Nathan Southard
RF-AJ Van Slyke
DH-Mike Ferris
I’m probably missing something, somewhere. Roth was reassigned to PB and apparently isn’t taking it well. IE, he’s considering quitting baseball. [edit] Degerman is going to have an extended spring to work on his control. As Jason Scott of scout.com mentioned in the comments, the rosters are at the Birdhouse, here’s the link. Thanks Jason!
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Eric - Couple of additional updates from this evening - In addition to Amaury Marti going to Mexico, P Chris Russ is also going to the same team (per Mike Lindskog of the SPR. Cardinals).
Also, Mike is reporting that OF Cody Haerther, P Stuart Pomeranz and P Eric Haberer will start the season on Springfield’s DL.
At Memphis, Kyle Parkinson told me that Eli Marrero will start on the DL there and that Memphis must make 1 more move to get down to 24.
Still no word on Palm Beach’s roster.
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eddie degerman is staying in extended spring training. my guess for the palm beach rotation is ottavino, daley, norrick, hearne, daniels.
i would also think robinson will play center b/c he is a very good defensive centerfielder and i have heard southard is not so good. robinson played center in quad cities last year over jon jay and daryl jones, so i would think he is the primary centerfielder on that team.
Per Kary Booher in his blog the Springfield News-Leader website, Cardinals Corner, Memphis has finalized its roster by moving 1B/3B Rico Washington down to the Springfield Cardinals team. That move finalizes the roster of both teams.
I was hoping Roth would open with Springfield, but it seems he’s going to end up as one of those organization guys if he isn’t promoted quickly. Other than that I like the S-Cards roster, although I think we could stand to be a little less aggressive with Anderson.
I’m guessing Dickson, Garceau and Schellinger will have short leashes with that QC rotation jam.
Also I wonder if Mark Michael, Christian Reyes, Ian Church and Mark Shorey will factor into the Palm Beach Roster. I also guess that Tommy Pham and Jon Edwards won’t be skipping Low-A and instead are staying back. Interesting…
All four of the finalized rosters are posted at The Birdhouse. Just click on the minor league rosters drop-down tab towards the top of the page.
What about Tommy Pham? I am bit intrigued by him.
Surprising that catcher and international man of mystery, Omar Falcon, will be taking a step backwards to Quad Cities.
Good to see so many players moved aggressively to AA.
Good stuff, Erik. I don’t blame Roth (.852 minor-league OPS) for being upset if Joe Mather (.743) got the promotion ahead of him.
Actually I don’t see Roth at all on the scout.com rosters… what’s ailing him?
Erik - John Vuch, the Director of Minor League Operations for the Cards was kind enough to send me the projected opening day rosters for the Cards top 4 minor league clubs. In addition, he included those who were staying at extended spring training and a list of players starting out on the DL.
You can access all the info at the following FanHome.com link and it won’t cost you a cent - http://www.fanhome.com/forums/st-louis-cardinals/3179-2007-team-rosters-transactions-updated-04-04-07-a.html
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Mateodh- FYI, Mark Michael was released by the Cards this past month.
Ian Church - on the DL at Palm Beach
Mark Shorey is starting at Quad Cities.
Christian Reyes, Tommy Pham and Jon Edwards are all remaining back at Extended Spring Training Camp.
What about Cody Haerther? Is he still in the organization.
Haerther is on the DL. Roth is pouting about being demoted and is contemplating retirement.