Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Five HomeSiders released

The Phillies released 11 players yesterday, including 5 former BlueClaws. Joe Bisenius, Freddy Ballestas, Ryan Bergh, Jeremy Hamilton, and Gus Milner were all let go.

I have to hand it to MLBN..I saw Carlos Monasterios pitch for the Dodgers, Carlos Carrasco pitch for the Indians, Zack Segovia pitch for the Yankees, and Gavin Floyd pitch for the White Sox in the last week. I also caught one of Matt Maloney's games earlier in the month.

If Kyle Kendrick wins the final spot in the rotation, the Phillies will have 3 former BlueClaws in the rotation for the first time to start a season. Cole Hamels and J.A. Happ are already there.

It also looks as if Antonio Bastardo will be on the opening day roster.

Michael Bourn returned to the Houston line up Saturday, after missing over a week with mild right oblique strain. Bourn hit .285 in 157 games for the Astros last year and was the NL stolen base champion with 61.

As of now, there is no reason not to think Jason Jaramillo will return to the Pirates for another major league season behind Ryan Doumit.

It appears Adrian Cardenas and Michael Taylor will be teammates for the Sacramento River Cats in the PCL, and Greg Golson and Zack Segovia will likely be together at Scranton. Jason Donald will open the season in Columbus. If I had to guess, I would say Kyle Drabek opens the season in AAA-Las Vegas, and Travis d'Arnuad will start at AA-New Hampshire.

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