Comments on: Gulf Coast League Cardinals opening roster

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:19:31 +0000

Thanks for the correction on Hernandez, Jumbo. I fixed the above. Since Stidham and McCully (plus Heisler) were on the preliminary Batavia roster, they must have been pretty close to signing recently.

Axcion, Oneli Perez has been assigned to Memphis. In corresponding transactions, 1B Javier Brito was released and Kat Maekawa went onto the DL.

By: JumboShrimp

JumboShrimp — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:02:04 +0000

Perez is 25 and has pitched at AA. He could land at Springfield.

By: Axcion

Axcion — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:21:38 +0000

So Brian, where is Oneli Perez going to start at?

By: JumboShrimp

JumboShrimp — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:55:23 +0000

Encouragingly, Hernandez is our 38th signee, among 50 recently drafted, elevating the share signed to 76%. He is the next Jaime Garcia, we hope, out of Puerto Rico. Welcome aboard, Hector.
Rds 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 16, 21 lead the unsigned. Few #1 picks have signed, so Miller may take a while. Bittle and Conley are seniors, so do not have a lot of room for negotiation. There are plausible reasons for Stidham, McCully, and Bibona to sign. If those six sign, this would get us up to 88 percent.

By: JumboShrimp

JumboShrimp — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:16:38 +0000

Last year, high school signee Babrick was outmatched in this league. A year later, he hit a homer in the first game. Good to see men adjust to the level of competition, as they will, if we can spare them enough at bats.

Bighames was a SS in high school, but may outgrow the position, so the Cards are trying him in the OF.