Saturday's Phillies' Minor League Roster Predictions
03/31/2012
Between that and the Blanco signing, that's the news of the day. Here's my try at picking rosters now, beginning with Lehigh Valley:
- Line-Up: Thompson-CF, Frandsen-SS, Brown-LF, Overbeck-1B, Kratz-C, Montanez-RF, Thurston-3B, Spidale-DH, Orr-2B
- Rotation: Hyatt, Elarton, Misch, Bush, Bump
- Bench: Gosewisch, Blanco, Susdorf, Hulett
- Bullpen: Schwimer, Aumont, Diekman, Valdes, Horst, Purcey, Sanches
- DL: De Fratus
Basically, add Blanco to the bench, put Spidale in the line-up, and go. I have a feeling I'll be more wrong here than I think, in part because of the unease with the big league bench, but that's to be dealt with later.
Reading:
- Line-Up: Gillies-CF, James-RF, Valle-C, Ruf-1B, Kennelly-DH, Castro-LF, Abreu-3B, Hanzawa-SS, Hernandez-2B
- Rotation: Cloyd, May, Rodriguez, Pettibone, Buchanan
- Bench: Barnes, Tripp, Suomi, Perdomo
- Bullpen: Friend, Ramirez, Cisco, Rosenberg, Brummett, Chapman, Gailey
Not a lot of change, but I moved up Barnes.
Clearwater:
- Line-Up: Alvarez-OF, Cartwright-2B, Collier-OF, Murphy-1B, Alonso-3B, Hewitt-DH, Rupp-C, Myers-OF, Duran-SS
- Rotation: Colvin, Biddle, Claypool, Bonilla, Garner
- Bench: LeRud, Asche, Lavin, Gonzalez,
- Bullpen: Neris, Sosa, Shreve, Whatcott, Hollands, Worthington, Kissock
No read changes besides Lavin moved down.
I see Raul Valdes starting the season in the majors and I also think J.C. Ramirez will start the season at AAA.
Posted by: Dennis | 03/31/2012 at 03:45 PM