The rosters for the 2008 Arizona Fall League (AFL) have been announced.
Pitching for the Peoria Saguaros will be: RHP Adam Carr, LHP Cory VanAllen, and a to be named pitcher. The bats will be represented by: SS Ian Desmond, 1B Bill Rhinehart, and OF Leonard Davis.
Shawn | 26-Aug-08 at 11:08 pm | Permalink
The other pitcher is Zech Zinicola.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080826&content_id=3370484&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
LivinBaseball | 26-Aug-08 at 11:33 pm | Permalink
The pitchers are Cory, Zech, Adam, and a to be named pitcher. Check the list again. There is a TBA for WAS at the bottom.
Hoagie | 27-Aug-08 at 12:16 am | Permalink
Any idea how having Gordon Beckham on the team will affect Desmond’s PT?
RD | 27-Aug-08 at 1:01 am | Permalink
Hopefully Jordan Zimmerman gets a nod.
I guess the amount of innings could be the issue. Carr and Zinicola are relievers, so their innings won’t get too high. And Van Allen missed half the season, so hes catching up on missed time.
Steveo | 27-Aug-08 at 1:37 am | Permalink
Don’t know if its offical but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Beckham as the 2B. Most reports out of Chicago think Ramirez will shift over to SS to replace O-Cab and that will leave 2B to Beckham in a year or two.
As for the last pitcher my guess is you are right RD it will come down to innings, I would speculate further that since the nats didn’t use the ability to have one player who is below AA with their first 6 choices i think its possible the 7th guy will fit that bill. Maybe Hassan Pena, Atliano or even Detwiler. I hope it is Detwiler maybe he can figure out his issues out west, also since he has been ineffective he doesn’t have as many innings as most starting pitchers so he could use some more work.
Fake Bill Rhinehart | 27-Aug-08 at 8:35 am | Permalink
Next step: NL MVP.
Nats Fan 1980 | 27-Aug-08 at 10:51 am | Permalink
I would like to see RHP Josh Wilkie from Potomac take that last spot. The kid is good.
estuartj | 27-Aug-08 at 11:31 am | Permalink
Maybe Adrian Alandiz get the nod? He missed a big chunk of time too…
MO Nats Fan | 27-Aug-08 at 11:35 am | Permalink
Let’s hope that ARI Fall ball doesn’t do for Rhinehart what it did for Justin Maxwell…