Baseball America has a February 19 - March 2 update of Nationals minor league transactions.
Signed LHPs Brandon Claussen & Ray King; CAs Thomas Rojas & John Suomi; 2B Tony Womack; 3Bs Tony Batista & Robert Shankle; and, OFs George Lombard & Abraham Nunez
- Claussen is recovering from surgery on his rotator cuff. He’s aiming for a mid-season return
- King, a NRI relief pitcher, is among the cast of 30+ competing for a spot in on the 25-man roster
- Rojas, a soon-to-be 25-year old catcher, formerly a member of the Yankees organization was purchased from the Nashua Pride in the Independent League
- Suomi is a 26-year old Canadian catcher recovering from a serious knee injury that cost him the 2005 season. He played in the Carolina League for the Pirates affiliate in 2006. Good story about him here.
- Womack is a NRI competing for a utility spot on the 25-man
- Batista is working out in accelerated spring training, no indication whether he’ll get a look on the big league side
- Shankle has played in Angels organization
- Lombard and Nunez are both NRI and most likely to be Columbus bound
Placed SS Jeremy Goldschmeding on voluntarily retired list. Goldschmeding was 2006 36th round selection out of Dallas Baptist University. He played 64 games for the Vermont Lake Monsters.
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