*Players on the 40-man roster: BOLD
*Baseball America '12 pre-season rankings: BLUE #
*Baseball Prospectus '12 pre-season rankings: GREEN #
*MLBDepthCharts 'Under the Radar' breakout candidate: UTR
*ESPN's 2012 Farm System Ranking: 3
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ORGANIZATIONAL SCOREBOARD via Baseball America
Las Vegas 51's (AAA)
'Go-To' Starting Lineup (*indicates left-handed batter **indicates switch-hitter)
1 3B Mike McCoy
2 SS Adeiny Hechavarria BA#13 BP#20
3 1B David Cooper* BA#22
4 RF Moises Sierra BA#15
5 LF Eric Thames*
6 DH Ricardo Nanita*
7 CF Danny Perales*
8 2B Jonathan Diaz
9 C Joel Galarraga
Bench
C Paul Phillips
IF Chris Woodward
Starting Rotation
1 RHP Joel Carreno
2 RHP Jesse Chavez
3 RHP Shawn Hill
4 RHP Scott Richmond
5 RHP Sean O'Sullivan
Bullpen
CL RHP Jerry Gil
SU LHP Evan Crawford
SU RHP Clint Everts
MID LHP Bill Murphy
MID RHP Jim Hoey
MID LHP Nate Robertson
MID RHP Bobby Korecky
LR RHP Tim Redding
Disabled List
C Luis Hurtado
None
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA)
'Go-To'Starting Lineup (*indicates left-handed batter **indicates switch-hitter)
1 SS Ryan Goins*
2 CF Jake Marisnick BA#3 BP#2
3 DH Kenen Bailli
4 1B Mike McDade**
5 C Sean Ochinko
5 C Sean Ochinko
6 3B Kevin Howard*
7 RF Brad Glenn
8 LF John Tolisano**
8 LF John Tolisano**
C/1B Koby Clemens
3B Mark Sobolewski
LF Brian Van Kirk
3B Mark Sobolewski
LF Brian Van Kirk
Starting Rotation
1 RHP Chad Jenkins BA#28
2 RHP Deck McGuire BA#8 BP#8
3 RHP John Stilson BA#26
4 RHP Chris Jakubauskas
5 RHP Ryan Tepera
Bullpen
CL RHP Ronald Uviedo
SU RHP Sam Dyson
SU RHP Trystan Magnuson
MID RHP Fernando Hernandez
MID RHP Michael Dubee
MID RHP Matt Daly
MID LHP Les Walrond
LR RHP Chorye Spoone
Disabled List
C A.J. Jimenez BA#12 BP#16
1B/3B Gabe Jacobo
OF Brad McElroy* UTR
1B/3B Gabe Jacobo
OF Brad McElroy* UTR
Pitchers
RHP Wes Etheridge
RHP Scott Gracey
RHP Stephen Marek
RHP Yohan Pino
LHP Willie Collazo
LHP Matt Wright
Posts
14 comments:
From what I've been reading, it's likely that Sierra starts in AAA. Same goes for McDade.
I'd think so based on age, 2011 performance. But there is currently not much space because of Cooper/Clemens at 1B/DH, Snider/Gose in OF. Nanita is 30 and had good numbers in AAA last season but he's not really a roadblock. If they really wanted to start Sierra in AAA, I can see Nanita on the bench or AA.
Send me a link if you can. If a team says a player will definitely be at a certain level, I'll make changes accordingly. If not, I'll wait until things play out and players are assigned late in camp.
No solid evidence. But he played the full year in AA last season and put up good numbers and he's turning 23. I'd also add in the fact that he's on the 40-man roster, and is with the team in spring training. There are very few batters with the team this spring other than catchers that aren't in AAA. I think Goins and Diaz would be the only others, and McDade depending on where he ends up. McDade also put up big numbers in AA last season, and there's a chance Clemens will play 3B, since we really don't have anyone notable at the position. That would leave the DH/1B for Cooper/McDade. I could be wrong, but that's just what people have been discussing on the blogs.
Hey Jason,
Always fun looking forward to opening day. Thanks for the compilation.
I am in the camp that suspects RF Sierra will start at AAA, creating a terrific OF with LF Snider and CF Gose. He's ready for the move up.
Carreno will join Drabek, Laffey and Beck in the Vegas rotation. He is well suited to starting, despite being primarily (though not solely) seen as a RP at the MLB level. Figueroa probably completes the rotation, until Litsch is back from injury. Don't count out Randy Boone either (when healthy); he looked great last year, until TJ surgery derailed his season.
Love that New Hampshire rotation! With Wojciechowski, Lawrence and Liebel waiting in the wings (in Dunedin), it is great to see a solid trail of starters coming through the system.
Cheers!
- David
Oh, almost forgot...
My guess for the Vegas pen would have Farquhar returning as closer -- with Evan Crawford (who seems to be highly thought of in the organization) and a vet as set-up men.
Cheers!
- David
Thanks for the feedback, David! Sounds good to me. I've had Carreno as a reliever since he pitched well in that role when he came up to the big leagues, and especially going into the offseason before they acquired Santos, Frasor and signing Cordero, Oliver.
In regards to Sierra, I don't think Nanita is standing in his way in order to advance to AAA. One thing I've heard lately is that organizations would actually avoid putting a prospect in an extreme hitters league in an extreme hitters park because they could develop bad habits. Not sure if that would be the case with Sierra but Las Vegas would be a good example of an extreme hitters park.
I'll probably make some adjustments soon. Thanks again!
#BlueJays LaCava said today that 1B Mike McDade and David Cooper are both slated to start the year in Triple-A Las Vegas.Split time at 1B/DH
As per Gregor Chisholm, the Blue Jays MLB.com reporter.
Yeah, I saw the tweet. Not sure how well Clemens can play 3B or any other positions. I'm assuming not very good or else he wouldn't have been moved to 1B. I just put him in AA to change places with McDade.
http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120316&content_id=27328300¬ebook_id=27328318&vkey=notebook_tor&c_id=tor
Link to article regarding Carreno starting in Minors
Thanks! To the rotation he goes.
http://www.milb.com/documents/2006/04/05/54251/921/51s_2012Roster.pdf
http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=463&stn=true&sid=t463
Check these rosters out
Cecil, Jeroloman & McDade in AA, Gomes & Sierra in AAA
Wonder how long Lindy-pooh's gonna rot in AAA ...
Vladdy got called up to AAA LV today
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