Friday, March 12, 2010

Rays 2010 Minor League Spring Training Roster

Here is the Rays preliminary minor league spring training roster. More players will be added as they are removed from the major league roster, as SS Tim Beckham, LHP Jake McGee and C Nevin Ashley were yesterday.

Pitchers (67)            Catchers (16)
Wilmer Almonte           Mayobanex Acosta
Chris Andujar            Luke Bailey
Kyle Ayers               Luis Bautista
James Bagley             Tomas Francisco
Brian Baker              David Genao 
Nick Barnese             Tyler Hauschild
Andrew Bellatti          Alex Jamieson
Omar Bencomo             Jake Jefferies
Matt Bush                John Mollicone
Joseph Callender         Ian Paxton
Kevin Chavez             Travis Simas
Jeff Cinadr              Matt Spring
Alex Cobb                Mark Thomas
Alex Colome              Alejandro Torres
Joseph Cruz              Stephen Vogt
Dane De La Rosa          David Wendt
Jairo De La Rosa
Frank De Los Santos      Infielders (32)
Joey Dettrich            Drew Anderson
Aaron Dott               Jeremy Beckham
Darin Downs              Tyler Bortnick
Shane Dyer               Julio Cedeno
Woods Fines              Cody Cipriano
Marquis Fleming          Juan Cuello
Brian Flores             Bennett Davis
Neal Frontz              Chris De La Cruz
Devin Fuller             Robi Estrada
Brad Furdal              Matt Fields
Justin Garcia            Eugene Glynn
Matt Gorgen              Felix Gonzalez
Jeremy Hall              Matt Hall
James Hill               Diogenes Luis
Austin Hinkle            Omar Luna
Kevin James              Jeff Malm
Michael Jarman           Luis Marchena
Marcus Jensen            Chris Nowak
Will Kline               Shawn O'Malley
Alex Koronis             Elias Otero
Kyle Lobstein            Burt Reynolds
Deivis Mavarez           Daniel Rhault
Jason McEachern          Greg Sexton
Matt Moore               Mike Sheridan
Eduardo Morlan           Eli Sonoqui
David Newmann            Kyle Spraker
Tyler Oakes              Matt Sweeney
Rayner Olveros           Cristian Vasquez
Ryan Owen                Isaias Velasquez
Jacob Partridge          Ryan Wiegand
Paul Phillips            Shawn Williams
Zach Quate               Henry Wrigley
Tom Rafferty
Ryan Reid                Outfielders (22)
Aneury Rodriguez         Dustin Biell
Wilking Rodriguez        Brian Bryles
Zach Rosscup             Gabe Cohen
Josh Satow               Ruben Contreras
Neil Schenk              Jason Corder
Trevor Shull             Alex Diaz
Brian Shuman             Rashad Eldridge
Miguel Sierra            Reid Fronk
Shawn Smith              Todd Glaesmann
Michael Southern         D.J. Jones
Matt Stabelfeld          Kyeong Kang
Albert Suarez            John Matulia
Jake Sullivan            Ty Morrison
Matt Swilley             Chris Murrill
Kirby Yates              Brett Nommensen
                         Hunter Pace
                         Jason Patton
                         Cody Rogers
                         Ryan Royster
                         Emeel Salem
                         Anthony Scelfo
                         Cody Strait

Charlotte Stone Crabs 2010 Spring Training Schedule

The Charlotte Stone Crabs spring training schedule (courtesy of Stone Crabs Marketing Manager Jonathan Gantt):

March 17th at 1:00 P.M. - Frederick (Orioles) @ Charlotte - Charlotte Sports Park

March 18th at 1:00 P.M. - Charlotte @ Frederick (Orioles) - Twin Lakes Park

March 19th at 1:00 P.M. - Charlotte @ Fort Myers (Twins) - Lee County Sports Complex

March 20th at 1:00 P.M. - Salem (Red Sox) @ Charlotte - Charlotte Sports Park

March 21st - Camp Day

March 22nd at 1:00 P.M. - Charlotte @ Frederick (Orioles) - Twin Lakes Park

March 23rd at 1:00 P.M. - Frederick (Orioles) @ Charlotte - Charlotte Sports Park

March 24th at 1:00 P.M. - Fort Myers (Twins) @ Charlotte - Charlotte Sports Park

March 25th at 1:00 P.M. - Charlotte @ Salem (Red Sox) - Red Sox Minor League Complex

March 26th at 1:00 P.M. - Charlotte @ Frederick (Orioles) - Twins Lakes Park

March 27th at 1:00 P.M. - Frederick (Orioles) @ Charlotte - Charlotte Sports Park

March 28th - Camp Day

March 29th at 1:00 P.M. - Charlotte @ Fort Myers (Twins) - Lee County Sports Complex

March 30th at 1:00 P.M. - Salem (Red Sox) @ Charlotte - Charlotte Sports Park

March 31st at 12:00 P.M. - Charlotte @ Frederick (Orioles) - Twin Lakes Park

April 1st at 1:00 P.M. - Frederick (Orioles) @ Charlotte - Charlotte Sports Park

April 2nd at 1:00 P.M. - Charlotte @ Salem (Red Sox) - Red Sox Minor League Complex

April 3rd - Camp Day

April 4th - Break Camp

The Stone Crabs first regular season game is April 8th at home vs. the Palm Beach Cardinals at 7:35 P.M.

Minor Moves: De La Cruz

The Rays have signed free agent IF Chris De La Cruz to a minor league deal. The 27 year old Dominican has played in the Indians and Mets organizations. In eight minor league seasons he has played 431 games at SS, 149 at 2B, and 66 at 3B. Looks to be AA/AAA depth.

Career batting stats:
Year Age Lev Aff AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
2002 20 Rk CLE 180 33 66 7 6 1 12 13 4 17 27 .367 .422 .489 .911
2003 21 A CLE 402 44 106 9 2 0 49 6 7 37 55 .264 .327 .296 .623
2004 22 A CLE 414 68 114 12 7 3 53 13 3 23 53 .275 .317 .360 .677
2005 23 A CLE 61 5 16 2 0 0 6 1 2 5 9 .262 .313 .295 .609
2005 23 A+ CLE 274 30 63 5 2 0 20 7 5 14 42 .230 .268 .263 .531
2006 24 A CLE 296 44 77 11 1 1 21 10 1 32 36 .260 .333 .314 .648
2006 24 A+ CLE 16 2 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 .250 .278 .438 .715
2007 25 A+ CLE 242 40 77 15 0 1 26 2 3 28 28 .318 .388 .393 .781
2007 25 AA CLE 44 11 15 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 3 .341 .408 .386 .795
2008 26 A+ CLE 38 4 12 2 0 0 14 1 1 8 8 .316 .435 .368 .803
2008 26 AA FLA 75 9 27 7 0 2 12 0 2 17 11 .360 .478 .533 1.012
2008 26 AA CLE 50 5 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 6 10 .140 .232 .200 .432
2008 26 AAA CLE 45 5 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 8 .156 .224 .156 .380
2009 27 AA FLA 308 46 84 15 3 2 23 4 1 37 50 .273 .352 .360 .713
8 Seasons 2445 346 675 85 22 12 252 58 32 233 340 .276 .340 .344 .684
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 3/12/2010.