Hines returns, to play for Somerset

Pitcher Carlos Hines, formerly of the Biscuits, has signed with the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League. Hines last pitched in 2008 in the Houston organization.

Hall officially a Bum; Ducks quack over 3 signings

Former Biscuits outfielder J.T. Hall has signed with the Traverse City Beach Bums of the independent Frontier League.

Also, catcher Robinson Cancel and pitcher Jose Diaz, plus Alexander City native/pitcher Jerome Gamble, agreed to terms with the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League.

Rays' minor-league spring roster

Wesley Lyle here. Sorry that Stacy can't legally post to the blog this week. He did forward me an e-mail from the Rays listing their spring minor-league roster. Enjoy.

He did mention that I should write that this list doesn't include anybody currently in major-league camp.

PITCHERS (67)
Wilmer Almonte
Chris Andujar
Kyle Ayers
James Bagley
Brian Baker
Nick Barnese
Andrew Bellatti
Omar Bencomo
Matt Bush
Joseph Callender
Kevin Chavez
Jeff Cinadr
Alex Cobb
Alex Colome
Joseph Cruz
Dane De La Rosa
Jairo De La Rosa
Frank De Los Santos
Joey Dettrich
Aaron Dott
Darin Downs
Shane Dyer
Woods Fines
Marquis Fleming
Brian Flores
Neal Frontz
Devin Fuller
Brad Furdal
Justin Garcia
Matt Gorgen
Jeremy Hall
James Hill
Austin Hinkle
Kevin James
Michael Jarman
Marcus Jensen
Will Kline
Alex Koronis
Kyle Lobstein
Deivis Mavarez
Jason McEachern
Matt Moore
Eduardo Morlan
David Newmann
Tyler Oakes
Rayner Olveros
Ryan Owen
Jacob Partridge
Paul Phillips
Zach Quate
Tommy Rafferty
Ryan Reid
Aneury Rodriguez
Wilking Rodriguez
Zach Rosscup
Josh Satow
Neil Schenk
Trevor Shull
Brian Shuman
Miguel Sierra
Shawn Smith
Michael Southern
Matt Stabelfeld
Albert Suarez
Jake Sullivan
Matt Swilley
Kirby Yates

CATCHERS (16)
Mayobanex Acosta
Luke Bailey
Luis Bautista
Tomas Francisco
David Genao
Tyler Hauschild
Alex Jamieson
Jake Jefferies
John Mollicone
Ian Paxton
Travis Simas
Matt Spring
Mark Thomas
Alejandro Torres
Stephen Vogt
David Wendt

INFIELDERS (32)
Drew Anderson
Jeremy Beckham
Tyler Bortnick
Julio Cedeno
Cody Cipriano
Juan Cuello
Bennett Davis
Chris De La Cruz
Robi Estrada
Matt Fields
Eugene Glynn
Felix Gonzalez
Matt Hall
Diogenes Luis
Omar Luna
Jeff Malm
Luis Marchena
Chris Nowak
Shawn O'Malley
Elias Otero
Burt Reynolds
Daniel Rhault
Greg Sexton
Mike Sheridan
Eli Sonoqui
Kyle Spraker
Matt Sweeney
Cristian Vasquez
Isaias Velasquez
Ryan Wiegand
Shawn Williams
Henry Wrigley III

OUTFIELDERS (22)
Dustin Biell
Brian Bryles
Gabe Cohen
Ruben Contreras
Jason Corder
Alex Diaz
Rashad Eldridge
Reid Fronk
ToddGlaesmann
D.J. Jones
K.D. Kang
John Matulia
Ty Morrison
Chris Murrill
Brett Nommensen
Hunter Pact
Jason Patton
Cody Rogers
Ryan Royster
Emeel Salem
Anthony Scelfo
Cody Strait

Week's siesta awaits

Starting at midnight, I'm out the next week and will not legally be able to update anything or answer any questions here. If something big happens, Advertiser prep guru Wesley Lyle may drop a few lines, but there won't be anything extravagant.

Tampa Bay's minor-league spring schedule

If you're headed down to spring training and want to catch some Tampa Bay minor-league games, here's the schedule.

More exactly, here is the Double- and Triple-A schedule. The Class A teams play the same teams on the same dates, but at the opposite camp.

Baltimore trains in Sarasota with the upper-level teams at Ed Smith Stadium and the lower levels at Twin Lakes Park. Boston and Minnesota have their camps in Fort Myers (Sox here and Twins here). The Rays, of course, are in Port Charlotte.

Minor-league spring training starts this week.

MARCH
17 at Baltimore
18 Baltimore
19 Minnesota
20 at Boston
21 camp day
22 Baltimore
23 at Baltimore
24 at Minnesota
25 Boston
26 Baltimore
27 at Baltimore
28 camp day
29 Minnesota
30 at Boston
31 Baltimore

APRIL
1 at Baltimore
2 Boston
3 camp day
4 intrasquad games, break camp