Monday, March 10, 2014

3 of 2013 draft signees not in Rays camp

Three of last year's draft signees -- all pitchers -- aren't in Tampa Bay's minor league spring camp, either.

(It is not unusual for a player to report only to extended spring training, which won't begin for another month.)

Roel Ramirez, an eighth-round pick from a Texas high school, had a 5.86 ERA in 27 2/3 innings with the GCL Rays last year.

Harmen Sidhu, a 20th-round college senior draftee, made just two appearances at Hudson Valley. John Farrell, a 21st-round college senior, started three games for Hudson Valley.

Those no longer with Rays

Here are the departed, those who were on a Rays minor league roster (U.S.-based teams only) at the end of last season who aren't in camp this spring, for whatever reason.

DURHAM
Matt Buschmann
Frank De Los Santos
J.D. Martin

Craig Albernaz
Leslie Anderson
Jason Bourgeois
Jesus Flores
Mike Fontenot
Evan Frey
Rich Thompson

MONTGOMERY
Jeff Beliveau
Carlos Fisher
Jake Floethe
Erik Hamren
Austin Hubbard
Victor Mateo
Matt Nevarez
Neil Schenk
Joe Van Meter

Robi Estrada
Todd Glaesmann
Kyeong Kang
Shawn O'Malley
Steve Tinoco

CHARLOTTE
Drew Vettleson

BOWLING GREEN
Matt Spann

Ryan Dunn
Brandon Martin

HUDSON VALLEY
Justin Choate
John Farrell
Tyler Gauthier
Darryl George
Chris MacDonald
Harmen Sidhu

Ben Kline
Julian Morillo
Omar Narvaez

PRINCETON
Oscar Armenta
Edgar Gomez
Stepan Havlicek

Leopoldo Correa
David Garcia
Chad Nacapoy
Enmanuel Paulino

GCL
Yomelbin Almonte
Freddy Alvarez
Jose Castillo
Chris Crisostomo
Geisel De La Cruz
Eric Fredrick
Andres Gonzalez
Jesse Hahn
Jhefferson Hurtado
Jose Mujica
Ruben Paredes
Roel Ramirez
Yael Regalado
Wilking Rodriguez

Ryan Henley
Hector Montes
Adderly Rosa

2014 minor league Rays spring roster

Here's the 134 minor league campers for the Rays, as of Saturday. This list will not include the players cut from major league camp Saturday. I've listed them below with the team where they finished last year.

Pitchers (68)
Jose Alonzo, GCL
Jeffrey Ames, Bowling Green
Andrew Bellatti, Charlotte
Kevin Brandt, Bowling Green
Luis Cabrera, Charlotte
Ryan Carpenter, Charlotte
Damion Carroll, GCL
Michael Colla, Montgomery
Shay Crawford, Charlotte
Clayton Crum, Princeton
Ely Echarry, Hudson Valley
Jacob Faria, Princeton
Mario Fernandez, Princeton
Darren Fischer, Princeton
Marquis Fleming, Montgomery
Dylan Floro, Charlotte
Hyrum Formo, GCL
Enderson Franco, Greeneville (Astros)
William Gabay, Hudson Valley
Nolan Gannon, Princeton
Nate Garcia, Charlotte
Ryan Garton, Bowling Green
Grayson Garvin, Charlotte
Isaac Gil, Hudson Valley
Roberto Gomez, Charlotte
Aaron Griffin, Hudson Valley
Ben Griset, Hudson Valley
Taylor Guerrieri, Bowling Green
Andrew Hanse, Bowling Green
Jordan Harrison, Bowling Green
Brandon Henderson, Bowling Green
Marcus Jensen, Bowling Green
Cory Jordan, Hudson Valley
Ian Kendall, did not play (injured?)
Josh Kimborowicz, Princeton
Chris Kirsch, Hudson Valley
Lenny Linsky, Charlotte
Derek Loera, Hudson Valley
Matt Lollis, San Antonio (Padres)
Reinaldo Lopez, Bowling Green
Parker Markel, Charlotte
German Marquez, Princeton
Jose Molina, Bowling Green
Jared Mortensen, Charlotte
Jordan Norberto, Sacramento (A's)
Jacob Partridge, Charlotte
Jimmy Patterson, Montgomery
Sergio Perez, Puebla (Mexico)
Austin Pruitt, Bowling Green
Eduar Quinonez, Bowling Green
Matt Ramsey, Charlotte
Colton Reavis, Hudson Valley
Jorge Rodriguez, Princeton
Leonel Santiago, Wilmington (Royals)
Nick Sawyer, Bowling Green
Brad Schreiber, Hudson Valley
Jaime Schultz, Hudson Valley
Trevor Shull, GCL
D.J. Slaton, Princeton
Blake Snell, Bowling Green
Stone Speer, Bowling Green
Ryne Stanek, did not play (2013 draftee)
Albert Suarez, Montgomery
Bruedlin Suero, Bowling Green
Rick Teasley, Hudson Valley
Jake Thompson, Montgomery
Anthony Tzamtzis, Hudson Valley
Hunter Wood, Princeton

Catchers (15)
Armando Araiza, Bowling Green
Luke Bailey, Charlotte
Keith Castillo, Montgomery
Nick Ciuffo, GCL
Jake DePew, Charlotte
Wilmer Dominguez, Princeton
Taylor Hawkins, GCL
Oscar Hernandez, Bowling Green
Ryan McChesney, Hudson Valley
Justin O'Conner, Bowling Green
Adam Pendleton, GCL
David Rodriguez, VZL Rays
Geoff Rowan, Bowling Green
Sean Smedley, GCL
Maxx Tissenbaum, Fort Wayne (Padres)

Infielders (28)
John Alexander, Hudson Valley
Pat Blair, Hudson Valley
Coty Blanchard, Princeton
Ryan Brett, Montgomery
Tommy Coyle, Bowling Green
Douglas Duran, Princeton
Travis Flores, Princeton
Darryl George, Hudson Valley
Tyler Goeddel, Bowling Green
Hector Guevara, Charlotte
Jake Hager, Charlotte
Patrick Leonard, Bowling Green
Jeff Malm, Charlotte
Taylor Motter, Charlotte
Robby Price, Montgomery
Juniel Querecuto, did not play (injured)
Jonathan Quinonez, Charlotte
Leonardo Reginatto, Bowling Green
Alejandro Segovia, Charlotte
Cameron Seitzer, Montgomery
Richard Shaffer, Charlotte
Alexander Simon, GCL
Ariel Soriano, Hudson Valley
Cristian Toribio, GCL
Riccio Torrez, Montgomery
Riley Unroe, GCL
Kean Wong, GCL
Tyler Young, Hudson Valley

Outfielders (23)
Yoel Araujo, Princeton
Willie Argo, Charlotte
Kes Carter, Charlotte
Spencer Edwards, Princeton
Johnny Eierman, Princeton
Johnny Field Jr., Hudson Valley
Marty Gantt, Bowling Green
Granden Goetzman, Hudson Valley
Jeremy Hadley, GCL
James Harris, Hudson Valley
Clayton Henning, GCL
Bralin Jackson, Princeton
Hunter Lockwood, Princeton
Tommy Milone, Hudson Valley
Raul Mondesi Jr., did not play (injured)
Ty Morrison, Montgomery
Jose Paez, GCL
Joey Rickard, Bowling Green
Julian Ridings, Hudson Valley
Josh Sale, did not play (suspended)
Andrew Toles, Bowling Green
Elias Torres, Princeton
Erick Vasquez, GCL

Rays' minor league exhibition schedule

Tampa Bay's minor league exhibition games begin Wednesday, and here is the schedule for the Triple- and Double-A games.

12 Orioles
13 at Orioles
14 Twins
15 Red Sox
16 camp day
17 at Twins
18 Red Sox
19 Twins
20 at Red Sox
21 at Orioles
22 Orioles
23 camp day
24 at Twins
25 at Red Sox
26 Orioles
27 Orioles
28 at Twins

The Class A games are at the opposite site. For example, while the Rays host the Triple- and Double-A games Wednesday, the Class A games will be at the Orioles.

On March 29, the Triple- and Double-A teams do not play. However, the Class A teams host the Red Sox.

The Orioles are based in Sarasota, while the Red Sox and Twins are in Fort Myers.

If you don't know, the Rays are in Port Charlotte. What is a camp day? That means a morning workout and afternoon off.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Biscuits start hiring seasonal staff Saturday

The Biscuits will have their annual job fair Saturday to hire seasonal staff. It's 9 a.m.-noon at Riverwalk Stadium.