IronPigs Announce 25-Man Roster
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Mon, April 06, 2009 08:15 PM | Comments: 17
Minor Leagues, Posts
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs have announced their 25-man roster, and plenty of potential Phillies are among the ranks.
C: Lou Marson / Paul Hoover
IF: Jason Donald / Andy Tracy / Mike Cervenak / JJ Furmaniak / Pablo Ozuna / Jorge Velandia
OF: John Mayberry Jr. / Jason Ellison / Rich Thompson
SP: Carlos Carrasco / Kyle Kendrick / Drew Carpenter / Justin Lehr / Rodrigo Lopez
RP: Mike Koplove / Gary Majewski / Jake Woods / John Ennis / Francisco Butto / Scott Nestor / Cedrick Bowers / Dave Borkowski
Inactive: Jeremy Slayden / Scott Mathieson / Terry Tiffee
The ones to watch, of course, are Marson, Donald, Ozuna, Mayberry, Ellison, Carrasco, Kendrick, Carpenter, Koplove, Majewski, Nestor and Borkowski.
Posts: 0 Paul
It’s nice to see that there are some real prospects on the AAA squad this year unlike last year.
Posted: 08:34 PM on April 6, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Will Donald play 3B?
Posted: 08:56 PM on April 6, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
They dont have a true 3rd baseman other than tiffee and hes on the dl to start the year so i think donald will see time there.
Posted: 09:07 PM on April 6, 2009
Posts: 0 NJ
That’s a decent team with real minor league credentials for a change, there’s almost a dozen guys there who could come up and do more than warm the bench. Am really interested to see how the Pigs bullpen shapes up and what role the guys with a shot at getting up a call-up will be given.
Posted: 09:08 PM on April 6, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
Donald will probably play some 3B until Tiffee comes back. I still think the Phillies view him as a nice trading chip. Since he has such a good bat, he holds more value at SS than 3B.
Posted: 09:08 PM on April 6, 2009
Posts: 0 Pat
Does anyone know what the deal is with Zagurski? Is he playing this year or is he DL’ed?
Posted: 09:17 PM on April 6, 2009
Posts: 0 philsphan
Zagurski is still on the DL as far as I know. He could come back later in the season.
Posted: 10:32 PM on April 6, 2009
Posts: 0 Rich
Zagurski is DL’ed, but he’s not listed as on the Ironpigs DL, like Mathieson.
Posted: 11:00 PM on April 6, 2009
Posts: 0 Ben
Anyone know if there’s any chance that Mathieson, and all his promise, will make it back to the Phil’s soon?
Posted: 11:18 PM on April 6, 2009
Posts: 0 Geoff
With mathieson, when he does come back to play, youre talking about a year from then before you can tell what direction hes headed in..same with zagurski. injuries that serious really derail development. itll take drabek and extra year or two to start to give us an indication of what hell really be like. hopefully this year he can make big strides.
carpenter seems like trade bait. donald will play here if hes able to play third – and youll see them try to find that out right away in AAA. marson will obviously get called up at some point, same with mayberry and carrasco. majewski will be the first bullpen guy called up.
Posted: 12:05 AM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 KevO
Geoff obviously knows everything
Posted: 12:24 AM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
From one Jeff to another Geoff, That was well put!
Posted: 08:36 AM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Gavin
What happened to Giles? Did I miss his release?
Posted: 10:48 AM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
Yea he was released with a week left of ST. I agree with the possibilities on the callups Geoff made. Carpenter because of his awful year last year is in the same boat as Kyle Kendrick, lot of people to climb over to get a shot now. Mathieson i think is closer to a return than Zagurski who I haven’t heard throwing even long toss yet. Mathieson on the other hand is close to being ready.
Posted: 10:59 AM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
wish i could watch ironpigs games on line.
Posted: 11:57 AM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
Phan in TN go to this webpage http://www.espnlv.com, ESPN 1230/1320 airs all iron pig games, whether or not they broadcast them over the net i don’t know but i know tonight’s game is going to be broadcast on the iron pigs web page.
Posted: 02:56 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 EmilyLitella
With a VORP of 0.7 and his contract up this year, who is going to play third base next year? No, Donald is no trading chip. Like most teams the Phillies biggest need is a top of the order type pitcher so it is hardly likely that Donald could get them that.
Their next most pressing needs are a catcher and third baseman that can provide them with some offensive punch. With feliz being among the top 6 or 7 defensive third baseman it might be a good idea to see how Donald handles the position full time. He says he is most comfortable as short, but I have seen reports that suggest his best position might be third base.
Having Donald, Marson and Carassco in Lehigh Valley may not be a bad thing if it spurs some more effort from the teams current underachievers. If not, we could see one, two or three of them up this summer.
Posted: 12:55 PM on April 9, 2009