Kip Wells better not be on our 40 man at the start of spring.
Kip Wells better not be on our 40 man at the start of spring.
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I can't tell you how worried I am about protecting all of our bad players.
just you watch, though. Reds will worry about such things and not call up Cozart in September so as to keep a spot open for the off-season.
2015, baby!
Kip Wells will almost definitely be nontendered and then sign with someone after the rule five draft. The same thing goes for Justin Lehr unless he ends the season particularly well.
Here is another guy that I did not realize was Rule V eligible until yesterday: Enerio Del Rosario. He is now throwing 90-93, always had great command, is now dropping down to a low-three quarter delivery, and the Reds are taking him seriously.
Part of the reason for his rapid promotion all the way to Louisville was to see what he would do at higher levels BECAUSE HE IS RULE V ELIGIBLE.
They will have some tough decisions.
When asked who the three pitchers in the organization were that had made the biggest jumps in 2009, a key member of the Player Development staff said: Travis Wood (obvious one), Logan Ondrusek, and Enerio Del Rosario.
Here is the Reds 40 Man Roster as of 8/14/09. There is still one opening on the 40 man roster left.
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/team/...n.jsp?c_id=cin
40-Man Roster
* Pitchers B/T Ht Wt DOB *
* 61 Bronson Arroyo R/R 6-5 195 02/24/77
* 34 Homer Bailey R/R 6-3 210 05/03/86
* * 45 Bill Bray L/L 6-3 220 06/05/83
* 51 Jared Burton R/R 6-5 230 06/02/81
* 48 Francisco Cordero R/R 6-3 240 05/11/75
* 47 Johnny Cueto R/R 5-10 200 02/15/86
* 46 Carlos Fisher R/R 6-4 225 02/22/83
* 39 Aaron Harang R/R 6-7 260 05/09/78
* 52 Daniel Ray Herrera L/L 5-6 165 10/21/84
* * 78 Sam LeCure R/R 6-1 205 05/04/84
* 62 Justin Lehr R/R 6-2 215 08/03/77
* * 57 Mike Lincoln R/R 6-2 220 04/10/75 **15-day Disabled List
* * 56 Matt Maloney L/L 6-4 220 01/16/84
* 40 Nick Masset R/R 6-4 235 05/17/82
* * 33 Micah Owings R/R 6-5 220 09/28/82 **15-day Disabled List
* * 58 Ramon Ramirez R/R 6-0 190 09/16/82
* 53 Arthur Rhodes L/L 6-2 210 10/24/69
* * 54 Daryl Thompson R/R 6-0 185 11/02/85
* * 36 Edinson Volquez R/R 6-0 210 07/03/83 **15-day Disabled List
* 38 Kip Wells R/R 6-3 205 04/21/77
* Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB *
* ** 26 Wilkin Castillo S/R 6-0 200 06/01/84 **60-day Disabled List
* 29 Ryan Hanigan R/R 6-0 200 08/16/80
* * 55 Ramon Hernandez R/R 6-0 225 05/20/76 **15-day Disabled List
* 30 Craig Tatum R/R 6-1 225 03/18/83
* Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB *
* * 77 Yonder Alonso L/R 6-2 215 04/08/87
* 60 Kevin Barker L/L 6-2 195 07/26/75
* * 68 Juan Francisco L/R 6-2 180 06/24/87
* 7 Paul Janish R/R 6-2 195 10/12/82
* 4 Brandon Phillips R/R 6-0 195 06/28/81
* * 9 Danny Richar L/R 6-1 195 06/09/83 **15-day Disabled List
* * 27 Scott Rolen R/R 6-4 240 04/04/75 **15-day Disabled List
* 23 Adam Rosales R/R 6-2 195 05/20/83
* 15 Drew Sutton S/R 6-3 185 06/30/83
* 19 Joey Votto L/R 6-3 235 09/10/83
* Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB *
* 64 Wladimir Balentien R/R 6-2 220 07/02/84
* * 32 Jay Bruce L/L 6-3 225 04/03/87 **15-day Disabled List
* 21 Chris Dickerson L/L 6-3 230 04/10/82
* 31 Jonny Gomes R/R 6-1 225 11/22/80
* 17 Laynce Nix L/L 6-1 220 10/30/80
* 3 Willy Taveras R/R 6-0 160 12/25/81
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* **Not on Active Roster
***Not on 40-Man Roster
Anybody think we'd have been better off with Kip Wells at the beginning of the 9th tonight? I think Jared Burton probably opened up a 40 man roster spot for 2010,
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In case anyone was wondering, Mike Lincoln and Edinson Volquez were the two players who were added to the 60-day DL. I think we can all expect the Reds to take Corky Miller and Darnell McDonald of the 40-man roster when the season ends.
What are the chances of Wood moving this year?
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