Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Minor League Rosters

Today is the day that minor league rosters get announced. As I noted last week the Jays have locked down their process for releasing their minor league rosters after complaints from their affiliates. However all teams are headed to their respective cities and the rosters will get announced today. I will get a copy of all rosters but not until the teams have announced. I think the Jays have also asked their players not to tweet about their destinations as I have seen only a couple of definite roster tweets, namely Casey Lawrence headed to New Hampshire and Chase De Jong to Lansing.

The TV broadcast from Montreal also mentioned that Jon Berti is headed back to New Hampshire. None of these moves are surprises. Use this thread to post updates as they come in and I will post full rosters when I get them.

Posted by Gerry on Monday, April 06 2015 @ 09:51 AM EDT.

Minor League Rosters | 31 comments | Create New Account

The following comments are owned by whomever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.

Lugnut Fan - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:03 AM EDT (#299076) #

Jesse is also running his first "Around The Nest" podcast at 4:00 PM today as well. I think he is planning to talk about the rosters of each affiliate.

85bluejay - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:05 AM EDT (#299077) #

I seem to recall that Anthony Alford mentioned that he will be at lansing along with J.D. Davis and Jonathan Davis.

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:19 AM EDT (#299078) #

The Bisons roster has been released. The starting pitchers are: LHP Albers, RHP Copeland, LHP Francis, RHP Jenkins, RHP Wolf.

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:21 AM EDT (#299079) #

Hitters are almost as expected, no Jake Fox but Brad Glenn is back in AAA. AJ Jimenez is on the DL.

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:23 AM EDT (#299080) #

No sign of Oramas, probably in waiver limbo. No Matt West among the relievers. There are 27 players on the roster.

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:25 AM EDT (#299081) #

The roster has to get down to 25 by opening day, phantom DL probably on the way for a couple of relievers.

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:33 AM EDT (#299083) #

Lansing's roster is missing several hot shot pitching prospects. The starters look like Chase De Jong, Starlyn Suriel, Shane Dawson, Chase Mallard and perhaps Justin Shafer. No Smoral, Borucki (who may be injured), Smith, Huffman or Greene.

On the hitting side they will have Richard Urena, Dan Jansen, DJ Davis, Rowdy Tellez and Josh Almonte.

It looks like Anthony Alford and Jairo Labourt will be in Dunedin.

short - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:40 AM EDT (#299084) #

Seems to be a lot of infielders for AA then. Burns, Berti, Opitz, Lopes, Smith Jr., Schimpf, and Nolan could all be in AA. I am not sure where they all fit.

Krylian19 - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:48 AM EDT (#299085) #

Thought I read that Borucki had elbow surgery recently...don't think it was another TJ...hopefully more like cleanup (elbow chips) but haven't seen anything confirmed yet.

Maldoff - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:53 AM EDT (#299086) #

Has Lansing's roster been released yet? I can't seem to find it anywhere....

tercet - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 10:59 AM EDT (#299087) #

Anthony Alford told me on Twitter he was going to Lansing on the weekend.

The Fisher Cats Roster is released, seems quite old, lots of the AAA relievers got stored in AA, rather than be released.

short - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 11:03 AM EDT (#299088) #

Here's Lugnut's roster:http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150406&content_id=116546410&vkey=pr_t499&fext=.jsp&sid=t499

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 11:57 AM EDT (#299090) #

80% of the New Hampshire roster is the same as the one that ended 2014. The notable additions are Jake Fox and Dwight Smith. Smith seems to be back to being an outfielder, he is listed as that on the roster. The starters are the same as 2014 but the bullpen does have some new free agent names.

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 11:59 AM EDT (#299091) #

Dunedin Roster:

DUNEDIN
R Allen, Brad - 26
L Labourt, Jairo - 21
L Aquino, Jayson - 22
R Gabryszwski, Jeremy -
L Dermody, Matthew - 24
R Dragmire, Brady - 22
L Girodo, Chad - 24
R Tirado, Alberto - 20
L Silverstein, Scott - 25
R Cordero, Jimmy 23
R Browning, Wil - 26
R Da Silva, Tiago - 30

Saez, Jorge - 24
Reeves, Mike - 24

Dean, Matthew - 22
Lopes, Christian - 22
Lugo, Dawel - 20
Nay, Mitchell - 21
Fermin, Andy - 25
Guerrero, Emilio - 22
Dantzler, L.B. - 24
Leblebijian, Jason - 24

Harris, David - 23
Fields, Roemon - 24
Loveless, Derrick - 22
Parmley, Ian - 25

Disabled List
L Murphy, Griffin - 24
Schaeffer, Chris - 27
Conner, Seth - 23

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 12:00 PM EDT (#299092) #

Lansing disabled list:

R Cardona, Adonys - 21
R Robson, Tom - 21
Alford, Anthony - 20
Davis, Jonathan - 23

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 01:15 PM EDT (#299093) #

For the record....New Hampshire:

L Boyd, Matt - 24
R Cole, Taylor - 25
L Anderson, John - 26*
R Lee, Mike - 28
R Lawrence, Casey - 27

R Burns, Cory - 27
L Perez, Luis - 30
R West, Matt - 26
R Burke, Greg - 32
R Antolin, Dustin - 25*
R McFarland, Blake - 27
R Barnes, Daniel - 25
R Sikula, Arik - 26

Murphy, Jack - 27
Rankin, Pierce - 26

Hobson, KC - 24
Berti, Jon - 25
Nolan, Kevin - 27
Burns, Andy - 24
Fox, Jake - 32
Flores, Jorge - 23
Opitz, Shane - 23

Smith, Dwight - 22
Mesa, Melky - 28
Newman, Matthew - 26
Schimpf, Ryan - 27

Disabled List
L Romero, Ricky - 30 *
Chung, Derrick - 27

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 01:19 PM EDT (#299094) #

Lansing hitters:

Jansen, Dan - 20
De La Cruz, Michael - 22

Tellez, Rowdy - 20
Locastro, Tim - 22
Urena, Richard - 19
Heidt, Gunnar - 22
McBroom, Ryan - 23
Thon, Dickie -23
Atkinson, Justin -21

Carlson, Chris - 24
Davis, D.J. - 20
Almonte, Joshua - 21
Collins, Thomas - 25

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 01:22 PM EDT (#299095) #

Lansing pitchers:

Chase De Jong
Suriel, Starlyn
Mallard, Chase
Dawson, Shane
Shafer, Justin

Gonzalez, Alonzo
Kish, Phillip
Mayza, Tim
Biggs, Mark
Gracesqui, Francisco
Case, Andrew
Fernandez, Jose
Turner, Colton
Wellbrock, Chase

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 07:38 PM EDT (#299123) #

Some baseball releases from BA:

RHP Rafael Cova, RHP Andres De Aza, RHP Yeyfry Del Rosario, LHP Oscar Cabrera, LHP Manuel Nunez, 1B Lydell Moseby, OF Angel Gomez, OF Marcus Knecht, OF Juan Puello, OF Dayan Viciedo

Del Rosario was the one surprise although he hasn't developed much over the last two years.

Gerry - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 07:57 PM EDT (#299124) #

Deck McGuire was released by the A's and signed with the Dodgers.

Nestor Molina was released by the Red Sox.

jerjapan - Monday, April 06 2015 @ 08:38 PM EDT (#299129) #

much appreciated Gerry, I'm excited to follow our minor leagues closely this year and your posts are invaluable.

is it just me, or do we seem to have a LOT of veteran pitching even as low as A ball? or is that typical and I just haven't flagged it before? Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Maldoff - Tuesday, April 07 2015 @ 10:16 AM EDT (#299147) #

Does anyone know where Michael Crouse is this season? Other than maybe some older 2014 draft picks (Dusty Isaacs, Cliff Brantley), he is the biggest surprise to not be on a roster to me.

Gerry - Tuesday, April 07 2015 @ 10:55 AM EDT (#299148) #

Michael Crouse became a free agent after last season and has signed with an independent baseball team.

The Jays pitching depth of prospects in the upper minors is thin, in part due to Norris, Castro and Osuna being on the big club. The Jays even have two free agent starters pitching for Dunedin, a club that usually only features home grown talent. I will have more to say about this in a post, hopefully later today.

China fan - Tuesday, April 07 2015 @ 11:09 AM EDT (#299150) #

Brief update on Oramas: the Jays have released him. I guess he didn't impress much in spring training, and/or he got caught in the roster squeeze at Buffalo.

I'm a little surprised to see Francis and Jenkins in the Buffalo rotation. The Jays would have to be pretty desperate to use either in the Toronto rotation. I would have to think that Estrada and Redmond, at least, would be ahead of Jenkins and Francis in the starting-pitcher depth chart. Both should probably be focusing on the relief role to maximize their utility to the Jays, unless the team saw some starting-pitcher potential in them in spring training that wasn't apparent to most of us.

MatO - Tuesday, April 07 2015 @ 12:45 PM EDT (#299155) #

Per twitter. Oramas released because of his desire to play in the Mexican League.

jerjapan - Tuesday, April 07 2015 @ 06:26 PM EDT (#299176) #

I'm a little surprised to see Francis and Jenkins in the Buffalo rotation. The Jays would have to be pretty desperate to use either in the Toronto rotation. I would have to think that Estrada and Redmond, at least, would be ahead of Jenkins and Francis in the starting-pitcher depth chart. Both should probably be focusing on the relief role to maximize their utility to the Jays, unless the team saw some starting-pitcher potential in them in spring training that wasn't apparent to most of us.

I share your surprise China, and felt that both profiled as relievers. The org had certainly acted as if they were viewed as relievers going forward, and while I could see either playing a role from the pen, I can't see either sticking as a starter. This smacks of a lack of starting depth in the upper minors. Hopefully Santana can push Jenkins back to the pen when (if?) he gets healthy. Francis has made his money already, but Jenkins needs to be a middle reliever IMO.

China fan - Tuesday, April 07 2015 @ 06:40 PM EDT (#299177) #

It's pure speculation on my part, but one guess on Jenkins is that they see him as a long man in the bullpen (like his famous six-inning stint in the marathon extra-innings game last year) so they want him to build up his arm strength for that role. Also, I recall that they wanted him to introduce a new pitch in his repertoire this spring (can't remember which pitch) -- so maybe the starter role would give him more innings to refine the new pitch. But in the long run, he seems most likely to return to the bullpen, unless he astounds us by improving as a starter.

scottt - Tuesday, April 07 2015 @ 07:04 PM EDT (#299179) #

Dayan Viciedo declared free agency when he didn't make the cut.

scottt - Tuesday, April 07 2015 @ 07:11 PM EDT (#299180) #

It make sense to have some starters on the 40 man roster in Buffalo. In a month it might be hard to throw a reliever in the rotation without totally screwing up the pen since you might only get 3 innings of the starter. Also, you might need an extra starter following a double header down the road.

Is there a point in limiting Jenkins' innings?

bpoz - Tuesday, April 07 2015 @ 07:18 PM EDT (#299181) #

I am very happy that Jenkins is a starter in Buffalo. He can work on his cutter as requested by the Jays and build up his arm strength.
Estrada could be ahead of him. Then You have T Cole & M Boyd in AA.
So what? About 9 starters to get through the season?

scottt - Tuesday, April 07 2015 @ 07:26 PM EDT (#299183) #

Doubront is on the DL. Does he starts if healthy?

Minor League Rosters | 31 comments | Create New Account

The following comments are owned by whomever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.