Minors Matters and a Possible Major Injury

Wednesday, June 16 2004 @ 05:09 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pepper Moffatt

All kinds of Blue Jays news has come down the pipe this afternoon, none of which appears to be 100% official at this time.

UPDATE: J.P. Ricciardi will be on The FAN 590 with Mike Wilner for an hour starting at 8:30PM EST and I'm sure they'll be covering some of these issues. They'll be taking your calls at 416-870-0590 or 1-888-666-0590. Thanks to Mr. Wilner for the info.

First, the Edmonton Trappers have reported that former Trapper and Expo farmhand Julius Matos has been acquired by the Blue Jays for a PTBNL. I imagine he'll end up in a Skychiefs uniform. Thanks to Johnnys99 for the heads up.

Secondly, the Fan 590 reports that Vernon Wells is headed to the DL with a strained calf and could miss a month. Thanks to Mike Wilner and Coach for letting us in on this one.

UPDATE (5:30 PM EST): It's official: Wells has been placed on the 15 day DL with a "mild-to-severe right calf strain". To take his place on the roster, Orlando Hudson has been taken off of the 15 day DL. No word on whether or not Hudson is ready for game action.

Lastly, the Pulaski Blue Jays have announced their 2004 roster. It is as follows:

Pitchers
Byron Bell
Yesson Berroa
Chi-Hung Cheng
Brian Grant
Cory Hahn
Daryl Harang
Adrian Martin
Juan Perez
James Pidutti
Michael Rider
Edeward Rodriguez
Scott Roy
Raymond Sanchez
Russ Savickas
Derek Tate
Aaron Tressler

Catchers
Brian Bormaster
Jon Chappell
Gooby Gerlits
Joshua Lex

Infielders
Charles Anderson
Graig Badger
Anthony Garibaldi
Greg Powers
Jose Salas
Emmanuel Sena
Eugenio Velez

Outfielders
Jon Ashford
Junior Chourio
Luke Hetherington
Yuber Rodriguez
Nick Thomas

UPDATE (8:50PM): The Auburn Doubledays have released their roster. It is as follows:

NO. Name Position 
2 Jason Armstrong SS

3 Kristian Bell RHP

4 Mike Macaluso SS

5 Joey McLaughlin RHP

7 Jermy Acey INF

9 David Corrente C

10 Danny Hill RHP

12 Aaron Mathews CF

14 Eric Kratz C

15 Jason Rodriguez RHP

16 Chip Cannon 1B

17 Mike MacDonald RHP

18 Jordan Timm LHP

19 Randy Dicken RHP

20 Chris Leonard LHP

21 Erik Rico OF

22 Vincent Esposito INF

23 Dewon Day RHP

24 David Hicks 1B

25 Chad Mulholland RHP

26 Eric Nielsen RF

27Brad Mumma LHP

28 Casey McKenzie RHP

29 Jeremy Harper RHP

31 Chris Neylan LHP

32 Jared Mangioni OF

33 Matt Dalton RHP

40 John Wesley RHP


What are your thoughts?
All I keep thinking is "I hope that Wells estimate is a worst case scenario!"

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