Just out from the Nationals …
The Washington Nationals today reassigned right-handed pitcher Collin Balester, right-handed pitcher Rob Bell, left-handed pitcher Eude Brito, right-handed pitcher Bobby Brownlie, right-handed pitcher Adam Carr, shortstop Ian Desmond, outfielder Jason Dubois, catcher Javier Herrera, first baseman Luis Jimenez, infielder Ed Rogers, right-handed pitcher Brian Sanches, left-handed pitcher Jason Stanford and right-handed pitcher Dennis Tankersley to minor-league camp.
The Nationals also optioned outfielder Rogearvin Bernadina to Double-A Harrisburg, right-handed pitcher Tyler Clippard to Triple-A Columbus, left-handed pitcher Ross Detwiler to Single-A Potomac, outfielder Justin Maxwell to Double-A Harrisburg, right-handed pitcher Garrett Mock and first baseman Josh Whitesell to Triple-A Columbus. In addition, the Nationals released catcher Chad Moeller unconditionally. Nationals Senior Vice President and General Manager Jim Bowden made the announcements.
The Nationals spring roster currently stands at 44 players.
Well, I guess I’ll have to update my projections some.
- Detwiler to Potomac
- Bernadina to Harrisburg
- Mock to Columbus
And tip of the cap to commenter Positively Half Street who has noted that Moeller has already signed with the Yankees.
UPDATED SPRING ROSTER (Likely starter first, then alphabetical)
CAs
- Lo Duca, Paul (RH)
- Cota, Humberto (RH)
- Estrada, Johnny (RH)
- Flores, Jesus (RH)
- Nieves, Wil (RH)
1B
- Johnson, Nick (LH)
- Young, Dmitri (SW)
- Whitney, Matt (RH - Rule 5)
2B
- Belliard, Ronnie (RH)
- Boone, Bret (RH)
SS
- Guzman, Cristian (SW)
- Lopez, Felipe (SW)
3B
- Zimmerman, Ryan (RH)
- Boone, Aaron (RH)
- Casto, Kory (LH)
IF
- Orr, Pete (LH - not on 40-man)
LF
- Pena, Wily Mo (RH)
CF
- Milledge, Lastings (RH)
RF
- Kearns, Austin (RH)
OF
- Dukes, Elijah (RH)
- Escobar, Alex (RH - not on 40-man)
- Guzman, Garrett (LH - Rule 5)
- Langerhans, Ryan (LH)
UTIL
- Harris, Willie (LH)
- Mackowiak, Rob (LH)
SPs
- Hill, Shawn (RH)
- Patterson (RH)
- Bergmann, Jason (RH)
- Perez, Odalis (LH - not on 40-man)
- Redding, Tim (RH)
- Chico, Matt (LH)
- Lannan, John (LH)
CL
- Cordero, Chad
RPs
- Ayala, Luis (RH)
- Colome, Jesus (RH)
- Hanrahan, Joel (RH)
- King, Ray (LH - not on 40-man)
- Munoz, Arnie (LH - not on 40-man)
- O’Connor Mike (LH - not on 40-man)
- Rauch, Jon (RH)
- Rivera, Saul (RH)
- Schroder, Chris (RH)
- Shell, Steven (RH - not on 40-man)
- Wagner, Ryan (RH)
Marcus | 10-Mar-08 at 7:01 pm | Permalink
Can anyone explain to me the difference between optioning a player and reassigning a player
Brian Oliver | 10-Mar-08 at 7:11 pm | Permalink
Marcus - Cliff Notes version. A player needs to be on the 40-man roster to be optioned; not on the 40-man roster, they are reassigned.
Once a player is placed on the 40-man roster, a major league team has three option years. What this means is the team can move the player from the major to the minor league roster without the player’s permission. Since the term “option” applies to an option year, a team can move the player back and forth countless times in one season but only exhaust one option.
Once a team has used all three option years on a player, the player then has to be exposed to waivers in order to send him to the minor leagues.
(There are some rules about how long they are sent down for, but for this explanation, that’s unimportant.)
pahou | 10-Mar-08 at 7:33 pm | Permalink
thanks for that explaination