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    Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    Right now it looks like the candidates are Carlos Fisher, Sam LeCure, Ramon Geronimo, Shaun Cumberland, Michael Griffin, Robert Manuel, and Sean Henry with Justin Mallett and James Avery as other possibilities. Right now it looks like the Reds have six open spots on the roster and maybe more if they drop Majewski. So, who do you think the Reds will or should protect?

    For me, Carlos Fisher, Sam Lecure, Robert Manuel, and Sean Henry are the locks. I like Cumberland and Geronimo but I don't think they would stick on a 25-man roster all season long.


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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    My fault. I forgot about that thread. Pedro Viola should be protected too.

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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    Quote Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine View Post
    My fault. I forgot about that thread. Pedro Viola should be protected too.
    You gotta make sure there's room for the Andy Phillips and Jolbert Cabrera types though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRM View Post
    You gotta make sure there's room for the Andy Phillips and Jolbert Cabrera types though.
    You gotta create two spots for Andy - one for him and one for his dangerous bat.

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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    Quote Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine View Post
    You gotta create two spots for Andy - one for him and one for his dangerous bat.
    No doubt. The guy is a beast at the plate.

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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    does anybody know what is going on with Tyler Pelland? Is he going to be kept on the 40 man roster?

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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    This is an interesting question, but I'm trying to be sure I have the whole roster of candidates in mind. Is it Fisher, Maloney, Cumberland, Henry, Lecure, Manuel, Geronimo, Viola, Griffin, Pelland, Mallett, Avery? Those 12? For how many spots? 6 at present?

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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    Yeah, I believe there are six spots available (although I expect a few more to open up within the next few weeks). Ty Pelland is already on the 40-man roster, by the way. Anyway, here are the candidates that I'm aware of:

    Jon Adkins
    Drew T. Anderson
    Drew M. Anderson
    Henry Arias
    Leo Astorga
    James Avery
    Luis Bolivar
    Efrain Contreras
    Shaun Cumberland
    Mike DeJesus
    Misael DeJesus
    Raul De La Cruz
    Chris Denove
    Eric Eymann
    Carlos Fisher
    Ramon Geronimo
    Jerry Gil
    Rafael Gonzalez
    Mike Griffin
    Sean Henry
    Jeff Kennard
    Chris Kroski
    Sam LeCure
    Jake Long
    Justin Mallett
    Matt Maloney
    Robert Manuel
    Junior Martinez
    Ruben Medina
    Carlos Mendez
    Luis Montano
    Gustavo Omana
    Logan Ondrusek
    Adam Pettyjohn
    Denis Phipps
    Juan Rafael
    Yuber Rodriguez
    Jesus Ruiz
    Hector Santana
    Alex Smit
    Humberto Sosa
    B.J. Szymanski
    Justin Tordi
    Phil Valiquette
    Camilo Vazquez
    Pedro Viola
    Terrell Young

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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    Bailey, Pelland, Tatum, and Thompson along with Alonso were the minor leaguers who were recalled at the end of the season (meaning they were kept on the 40 man). Livingston was outrighted and then became a six year free agent so he is gone, at least for the moment. Viola would not be among the candidates. He has only played three years and would not have to be protected. There are some other players that will be up for the Rule V draft if not protected but would be extremely unlikely candidates, such as Eymann, Rafael Gonzalez, Terrell Young.

    Edit: Ok, this was addressed in detail just before I posted. Sorry.
    Last edited by redsof72; 11-07-2008 at 01:53 PM.

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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    Who the heck is Gustavo Omana?

    Nevermind. I found his player page...it seems he only played for the VSL Reds last season.

    http://minors.baseball-reference.com....cgi?pid=32550
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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    Valiquette was drafted at 17, he will not be eligible for rule V drafting untill next year.

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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    Thanks for the clarification, Camisadelgolf, Reds of 72, OBM, and RedsUp. For me, in hierarchical order: 1. Fisher, 2. Maloney, 3. Manuel, 4. Henry, 5. LeCure, 6. Cumberland. I hope we can protect all of them, especially the first 5. I think any of them could get taken and probably will be able to stick on the right 25 man roster.

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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    Quote Originally Posted by RedsUp View Post
    Valiquette was drafted at 17, he will not be eligible for rule V drafting untill next year.
    That means that he gets an extra year, and 2004-2008 = five years of professional baseball. For the rule five draft, the year a player was drafted and signed count towards his eligibility.

    And redsof72 is absolutely right about Viola. I thought he was signed just before the 2005 season for some reason.

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    Re: Who will the Reds put on the 40-man roster?

    Quote Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine View Post
    Who the heck is Gustavo Omana?

    Nevermind. I found his player page...it seems he only played for the VSL Reds last season.

    http://minors.baseball-reference.com....cgi?pid=32550
    Omana is probably no longer with the organization (where did he play in 2008?), but I never saw anywhere that he was released. The same thing goes for Jesus Ruiz and Raul De La Cruz.


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