Talking Chop

they start play today...

I figured Yasser Gomez might play a week or so for them until he gets stuff squared away, but he isn’t on the roster so I’d assume he’s already cleared and stateside.
Here is the DSL roster…
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=605
I didn’t realize Danny Tartabull’s dad, Jose Tartabull (who also had a nice MLB career), was the manager down there.
Almost all of the Tenerife signings are there—OFs Ruben Rijkhof (18) and Deion Galvon (17) and 17 year old Cs Victor Velazquez and Roberto Machado. The only one missing is SS Alejandro Sanchez.
They also have a 16 year old righty from Panama, Abraham Espinosa and a 16 year old OF, Erick Maldonado from Venezuela.
Members still on the roster from last year—
1B Aris Alacantra—on the roster for his third go round. None of the first two look like much stat wise.
LF Felix Marte—same as Alacantra
2B Gerardo Reyes—Small 19 yo middle infielder that did very little offensively last year
SS Ronald Luna—The only positional player not born in the 1990s (82?!, almost has to be a typo since just 3 others were born in the 80s, all 3 are pitchers with 2 in 89 and one in 88)—Numbers also make him look like not much, especially if 82 isn’t a mistake
C Carlos Gimenez—Had a solid 69 at bats last year (.319 avg, not much power though)
3B Carlos Franco—Numbers don’t look like much, but he played a lot at 17 and may start to produce more now that he’s 18
C Luis Guzman—His third time on the roster, and the first two saw little playing time, while this time he’s listed as a “reserve”.
C Anthony Nunez—Has played more than Guzman the last two years, but his numbers are pretty bad
C Ricardo Perez—The roster has a lot of Cs on it, so it’ll be interesting to see how playing time gets divided up amongst them, listed as a reserve though. His numbers don’t look special, But it was only 4 games worth at 17, we’ll see what the 18 yr old Panamian can do in round 2. (he’s about 5 months younger than fellow countryman Christian Bethancourt, to give you an idea of how impressive the Rome C is).
OF Hector Garcia—Another of the Francouer variety, not good stats but he at least plays a lot, which for a team full of teenagers isn’t bad
OF Fredy Gamboa—Went to the plate 7 times in 2 games last year for the DSL squad; results were 1 walk and 6 strikeouts.
P Rafael Briceno—Had a decent 14 games/17 innings at age 18 last year.
P Oriel Caciedo—Had a good ERA over 13 innings last year at 18, but gave up 13 walks
P Eduardo Castillo—Had a lot of innings last year, but gave up a lot of hits and a high ERA
P Ignacio Geronimo—Nothing special
P Amable Nin—More innings than Ignacio, but not that impressive either
P Henry Mendez—Only 8 innings, but other than the walks the #s look nice, although he’s among the few non-90s born players on the roster
P Carlos Torres—Got roughed up in 08, but did a lot better last year.

P Rafael Javier—Listed as a reserve, missed 09 (possibly due to injury) but had 50 decent innings for the DSL squad in 2008

Mr. Sanchez - May 29, 2010 reply