The minor league season starts on Thursday but the rosters have been finalized. Teams are flying in to their cities and ready to meet the media and season ticket holders before the games begin.
Two teams have released their rosters so far.
Rosters:
| Buffalo Bisons | ||
| AAA International League | ||
| Probable Starters | ||
| C | Mike Nickeas | |
| 1B | Dan Johnson | |
| 2B | Chris Getz | |
| SS | Munenori Kawasaki | |
| 3B | Andy LaRoche | |
| LF | Kevin Pillar | |
| CF | Anthony Gose | |
| RF | Brett Carroll | |
| DH | Jared Goedert | |
| Bench | Matt Tuiasosopo | |
| Ricardo Nanita | ||
| Jon Diaz | ||
| Jack Murphy | ||
| SP1 | Marcus Stroman | |
| SP2 | Ricky Romero | |
| SP3 | Kyle Drabek | |
| SP4 | Liam Hendricks | |
| SP5 | Sean Nolin | |
| Bullpen | Neil Wagner | |
| Marcus Walden | ||
| Mickey Storey | ||
| Chad Jenkins | ||
| John Stilson | ||
| Rob Rasmussen | ||
| Ryan Tepera | ||
I thought Brad Glenn would be here as the right fielder but I assume he is back in New Hampshire. The Jays have gone with more internal candidates for the bullpen than some of the free agents they signed in the winter.
| New Hampshire Fisher Cats | ||
| AA Eastern League | ||
| Probable Starters | ||
| C | AJ Jimenez | |
| 1B | Gabe Jacobo | |
| 2B | Jonathon Berti | |
| SS | Kevin Nolan | |
| 3B | Andy Burns | |
| LF | Jonathan Jones | |
| CF | Kenny Wilson | |
| RF | Michael Crouse | |
| DH | Ryan Schimpf | |
| Bench | Brad Glenn | |
| Peter Mooney | ||
| Aaron Munoz | ||
| Yusuf Carter | ||
| Andy Fermin | ||
| SP1 | Aaron Sanchez | |
| SP2 | Deck McGuire | |
| SP3 | Casey Lawrence | |
| SP4 | Austin Bibens-Dirkx | |
| SP5 | Scott Copeland | |
| Bullpen | Tyler Ybarra | |
| Tony Davis | ||
| Randy Boone | ||
| Gregory Infante | ||
| Scott Gracey | ||
| Richard Bleier | ||
| John Anderson | ||
The AA lineup and starters are as expected, few surprises here other than the missing minor league free agents.
DUNEDIN L Norris, Daniel - 21 L Boyd, Matt - 23 R Hernandez, Jesse - 25 R White, Ben - 25 R Cole, Taylor - 24 R Barnes, Daniel - 24 L Girodo, Chad - 23 R Browning, Wil - 25 R Sikula, Arik -25 L Nieves, Efrain - 24 * R Champlin, Kramer - 24 R Jackson, Justin - 25 * R McFarland, Blake - 26 Chung, Derrick - 26 Reeves, Mike - 23 Hobson, KC - 23 Lopes, Christian - 21 Guerrero, Emilio - 21 Pierre, Gustavo - 22 Patterson, Kevin -25 Flores, Jorge - 22 Smith, Dwight - 21 Pompey, Dalton - 21 Knecht, Marcus - 23 Newman, Matthew - 25
Not too many surprises here. Mike Reeves jumps over Lansing but we have to see what impact the Kratz promotion had on the rosters. Christian Lopes did get the 2B job and Chris Hawkins is missing.
| Lansing Lugnuts | ||
| A - Midwest League | ||
| Probable Starters | ||
| C | Santiago Nessy | |
| 1B | Matt Dean | |
| 2B | Dickie Jo Thon | |
| SS | Dawel Lugo | |
| 3B | Mitch Nay | |
| LF | Ian Parmley | |
| CF | DJ Davis | |
| RF | Carlos Ramirez | |
| DH | Derek Loveless | |
| Bench | Justin Atkinson | |
| Jorge Saez | ||
| Jason Leblebijian | ||
| SP1 | Kendall Graveman | |
| SP2 | Jeremy Gabryszwski | |
| SP3 | Alberto Tirado | |
| SP4 | Jairo Labourt | |
| SP5 | Tom Robson | |
| Chase DeJong | ||
| Adonys Cardona | ||
| Bullpen | Jimmy Cordero | |
| Brady Dragmire | ||
| Griffin Murphy | ||
| Alonzo Gonzalez | ||
| Roberto Espinosa | ||
| Scott Silverstein | ||
| DL | Roberto Osuna | |
| Seth Connor | ||
| Phil Kish | ||
As I expected Santiago Nessy is back in lansing and Dickie Thon will be playing 2B. I thought Jacob Anderson might get a promotion but he did not.
The starting rotation has two tandems, Labourt/Tirado and DeJong/Cardona. Tom Robson gets his own slot. Shane Dawson did not make it.
I now have the official rosters from the Jays. There is a DH listed for each team. The DH's are Jared Goedert; Ryan Schimpf; Kevin Patterson; and Justin Atkinson.
The following players are listed as "medical" which I assumes means they are injured:
Liz, Radhames Antolin, Dustin Opitz, Shane Osuna, Roberto
McDade, Mike Meyer, Andrew Kish, Phillip
Korecky, Bobby Fermin, Andy Munoz, Aaron Conner, Seth
Tolleson, Steve Rankin, Pierce
Sweeney, Kellen
Baligod, Nick
In addition Sean Ochinko and Brian Van Kirk are listed with (SUS) after their name which I assume means they are still under suspension.
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