As promised, I’ve updated my guesses at the Baysox roster and player roles now that we have nine games behind us.
I will spend some more time analyzing the roster and roles, but a few things jump out. First, Mike Rodriguez has been hitting well, but does it make sense to bat he and Blake Davis—both lefties—one and two against left-handed starters? Also, Ben Davis has a lot of experience, but the last time he hit fourth was 2003. Finally, both the starting rotation and the bullpen are full of right-handers with high K/9 ratios. As if you needed another reason to be excited about the Baysox pitching staff.
Catchers
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Defensive role/batting order |
2007 Notes |
Date of birth (location) |
Prospect rankings |
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Davis, Ben – 19 Bats: S Throws: R |
Starting catcher/batting fourth vs. RHP (4/5 games) and LHP (3/4 games) |
Caught Jonathan Broxton and Eric Gange with Las Vegas in ‘07
Has played at the major league level with three teams (San Diego, Seattle, Chicago AL) |
March 10, 1977 (Chester, Pennsylvania)
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First-round pick (2nd overall) in 1995 by the San Diego Padres. |
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Dillon, Zach – 32 Bats: L Throws: R |
Back-up catcher/bottom third of order |
1.057 OPS in 69 ABs in August ’07 with Fredrick |
May 18, 1983 (Des Moines, Iowa) |
Scout.com-40 (Orioles) |
Infielders
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Defensive role/batting order |
2007 Notes |
Date of birth (location) |
Prospect rankings |
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Finan, Ryan – 16 Bats: L Throws: R |
Staring first base/batting sixth (RHP 2/5) and LHP 2/4), seventh, eighth |
.386/.432/.818 with Fredrick in’07 (377 ABs) |
January 5, 1982 (Topeka, Kansas) |
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Bats: R Throws: R |
Starting second base/batting eighth vs. RHP (5/5) and eight (2/4), ninth (2/4) vs. LHP |
Eighth inning OPS .845 (36 ABs) vs. .687 overall with Frederick in ‘07 |
July 2, 1983 (Oakland, California) |
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Bats: R Throws: R |
Starting third base/sixth vs. RHP (3/5) and LHP (2/4) (shares spot with Finan) |
OPS against LHP was 1.000 (43 ABs) vs. .755 overall with Wichita (AA) in ‘07 |
August 20, 1978 |
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Davis, Blake – 5 Bats: L Throws: R |
Starting short stop/batting second vs. RHP (5/5) and LHP (2/4) |
.902 OPS away, .645 OPS at home with Frederick in ‘07 |
December 22, 1983 (Newport Beach, California) |
Orioles Hangout-29, Scout.com-35 (Orioles), McKamey (reserve SS/2B-7C) |
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12 Bats: R Throws: R |
Utility infielder and third catcher/bottom third of the order |
OPS against LHP was .856 (57 ABs) vs. .660 overall with Iowa (AAA) in ‘07 |
January 11, 1984 |
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Garciaparra, Michael – 17 Bats: R Throws: R |
Utility middle infielder/bottom third of the order
On the DL (as of 4/12) |
Made it to AAA with Seattle (Tacoma) in ’06 and Philadelphia (Ottawa) in ‘07 |
April 2, 1983 (Whittier, California) |
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Outfielders
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Defensive role/batting order |
2007 Notes |
Date of birth (location) |
Prospect rankings |
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Bats: L Throws: L |
Starting center fielder/batting first vs. RHP (5/5) and LHP (3/4) |
155 SBs in parts of seven minor league seasons |
October 15, 1980 (Hollywood, Florida) |
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Montanez, Luis – 21 Bats: R Throws: R |
Starting left fielder/batting fifth vs. RHP (3/5) and LHP (2/4) |
.934 OPS vs. LHP with Norfolk (70 ABs), .983 OPS vs. LHP with Bowie (24 ABs) in ‘07 |
December 15, 1981 (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) |
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Reimold, Nolan – 30 Bats: R Throws: R |
Starting right fielder/batting third vs. RHP (4/5) and LHP (3/4) |
19BB/47K with Bowie in ‘07 |
October 12, 1983 (Greenville, Pennsylvania) |
BA-4 McKamey (starting RF/LF – 8C) |
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Jones, Kennard – 2 Bats: L Throws: L
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Fourth outfielder and DH/batting ninth vs. RHP (4/5) and bottom third vs. LHP |
.366 OBP vs. RHP (320 ABs)/.270 OBP vs. LHP (129 ABs) with Frederick in ‘07 |
September 8, 1981 (Beltsville, Maryland) |
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Starting Pitchers
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Pitching role |
2007 Notes |
Date of birth (location) |
Prospect rankings |
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Spoone, Chorye – 18 RHP |
Starter |
1.21 WHIP despite 4.13 BB/9 with Frederick in ’07 |
September 16, 1985 (Pasadena, Maryland) |
BA-8, BP-2, Oriole Hangout-3, Sickels B-, Haverty-5, Mound Talk-6, Top Prospect Alert-6 |
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Hernandez, David RHP |
Starter |
10.65 K/9, 2.92 BB/9 in 142 innings with Fredrick in ’07 |
May 13, 1985 (Elk Grove, California) |
BA-8, BP-10, Orioles Hangout-13, Sickels C |
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Berken, Jason – 10 RHP |
Starter |
6.70 K/9, 4.10 BB/9 vs. lefties (48.3 innings) – 8.04 K/9, 2.58 BB/9 vs. righties (90.7 innings) with Frederick in ’07 |
November 27, 1983 (Green Bay, Wisconsin) |
BA lists him as a reliever (?), Orioles Hangout-23, Sickels C, Scout-32 |
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Tillman, Chris – 22 RHP |
Starter |
9.27 K/9 with Wisconsin A and 9.45 K/9 with High Desert A+ in ‘07 Non-roster invitee to ML spring training (#76) |
April 15, 1988 (Anaheim, California) |
BA-3 (Seattle), BP-2 (Seattle), Sickels B+ |
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15 LHP
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Starter |
8.02 K/9 vs. righties (110 IPs) and 5.45 K/9 vs. lefties (33 IPs) with Bowie in ‘07 |
August 17, 1980 (Lakeland, Florida) |
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Bullpen
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Possible role |
2007 Notes |
Date of birth (location) |
Prospect rankings |
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Casadiego, Gerardo – 35 RHP |
Middle relief |
9.64 K/9 in 42 IPs with Trenton (AA) in ‘07 |
December 19, 1980 (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) |
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Keefer, Ryan – 31 RHP
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Middle relief |
Non-roster invitee to ML spring training (#81) May return to the 40-man roster |
August 10, 1981 (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania) |
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Lewis, Rommie LHP |
Middle relief/lefty specialist |
1.71 WHIP vs. righties (45.7 innings), 1.32 WHIP vs. lefties (19.7 innings) with Bowie in ’07 |
September 2, 1982 (Seattle, Washington) |
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20 RHP |
Closer |
14.24 K/P in 19 IP with Sacramento (AAA) in ‘07 |
June 10, 1973 (Guerra Districto, Dominican Republic) |
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45 RHP
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Set-up |
3.69 BB/9 and 9.22 K/9 at AA and AAA with Seattle in ‘07 |
May 10, 1984 (Wolf Point, Montana) |
BA – 18 (Seattle)
Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in 46th Round (1373rd overall) of 2003 draft |
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25 RHP
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Long relief |
11.10 K/9 in 36 IP with Bowie in ‘07 |
April 28, 1982 (North Fort Myers, Florida) |
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34 RHP
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Middle relief |
3.82 BB/9, 11.95 K/9 and .381 BABIP in 37.2 IP vs. lefties with Bowie in ‘07 |
June 18, 1980 (San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) |
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