Old Faces in New Places: Non-Roster Invites 2006

[seawolf17]

Around the league:

BAL - Ricky Bottalico, Vic Darensbourg, Orber Moreno, Tyler Yates, Luis Lopez, Desi Relaford, Esix Snead
BOS - Rodney Nye, Phil Seibel
NYY - Scott Erickson, Al Leiter, Danny Garcia, Russ Johnson
TOR - James Baldwin, Jason Phillips

CHW - Jorge Velandia
CLE - Danny Graves
KC - Bob Keppel, Joe McEwing
MIN - Jason Tyner

ANA - Curtis Pride
SEA - Kevin Appier, Andy Dominique, Fernando Vina

ATL - Mike Remlinger
FLA - Lenny Harris, Mike Kinkade, Mark Little
WAS - Mike Bacsik, Alberto Castillo, Mike DeFelice, Alex Escobar, Kenny Kelly

HOU - Alan Zinter
PIT - CJ Nitkowski, Matt Peterson, Scott Strickland
STL - Brian Daubach, Prentice Redman

ARI - Felix Heredia, Neil Musser
COL - Steve Colyer, Tom Martin
SD - Manny Alexander, Eric Valent

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

I'd have sworn most of those guys were dead or somefin...

[MFS62]

I hope that Prentice Redman makes the Cards, and that he bumps Met-killer So Taguchi out of the righthanded hitting reserve outfielder spot.

Later

[metirish]

Taguchi is hardly a reserve anymore, he played in 143 games for the Cards last season, no surprise that a lot of former Mets end up with Duke.

[nymr83]

Jason Phillips is a non-roster invitee? that stinks because i'd have happily signed him instead of julio franco to backup 1b AND serve as the 3rd catcher

[patchyfogg]

Nymr83 wrote: Jason Phillips is a non-roster invitee? that stinks because i'd have happily signed him instead of julio franco to backup 1b AND serve as the 3rd catcher

And, they will. They're just waiting until he's 47.

[metirish]

Richard Hidalgo signed a minor league deal with the Orioles on Sunday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022601172.html

[Guest cooby]

Is that our Luis Lopez going to Baltimore?

[metirish]

At one time they were all ours Cooby.

[Guest cooby]

Or will be....


It is him, bless his heart


http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=117922


According to that chart, he played for them last year, I must have had my Luis radar turned off

[MFS62]

I heard this morning that Melvin Mora will not play in the World Tourney because he will be staying with the O's to "resolve position and contract" problems.

Hmmm. I wonder if he can plan second base.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Apparently his "position problems" are with Venezuela not with the Orioles. The national team wants him to play CF in the WBC and he's reluctant to switch there only to switch back once it's over. And I guess that he's in a contract year only exacebates his unease.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Apparently his "position problems" are with Venezuela not with the Orioles. The national team wants him to play CF in the WBC and he's reluctant to switch there only to switch back once it's over. And I guess that he's in a contract year only exacebates his unease.

Didn't Bobby V say that he felt Mora had the potential to be one of the best defensive centerfielders around? It would only add to his value if he could show some of that ability.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Maybe, but I think his problem is that only Venezuela wants to use him as a CFer, not the O's.