The big names in the group are Anderson, Muller, and Wentz but Braves fans will be more interested to know the status of Patrick Weigel’s surgically repaired elbow. 2018 4th round pick Tristan Beck out of Stanford could be another big arm in the Braves SP pipeline.
2018 Baltimore Orioles Instructional League Roster and Schedule
Pitchers (19)
2018 1st round pick Grayson Rodriguez is the player to watch while former top prospect Hunter Harvey looks to get his career back on track.
RHP: Ryan Conroy, Gray Fenter, Hector Guance, Brenan Hanifee, Hunter Harvey, Yeankrlos Lleras, Marcos Molina, Jarrett Montgomery, Tim Naughton, Luis Perez, Grayson Rodriguez, Cody Sedlock, Collin Woody, and Jake Zebron
LHP: Cody Hacker, Matthew Hammonds, Zach Matson, Drew Rom, and Jayvien Sandridge
2018 New York Yankees Instructional League Roster and Schedule
Pitchers: (20)
To call the Yankees minor league pitching staff loaded is an understatement. We could write 10,000 words just on their teenage pitchers. Five of which have average FB velocities of 98+ mph. Roansy Contreras and Luis Gil were superb in short-season ball. Luis Medina has the best raw stuff of any pitcher in the minors. 19-year old Deivi Garcia ascended all the way to AA in his first taste of full-season ball.
RHP: Albert Abreu, Pedro Barrios, Jhony Brito, Roansy Contreras, Derek Craft, Pedro Espinola, Deivi Garcia, Luis Gil, Yoendrys Gomez, Rodney Hutchinson, Nolan Martinez, Luis Medina, Anderson Munoz, Tanner Myatt, Nick Nelson, Glenn Otto, Juan Then, Alexander Vizcaino, and Miguel Yajure
LHP: Anderson Severino
2018 Boston Red Sox Instructional League Roster and Schedule
Pitchers: (19)
2017 1st round pick Tanner Houck and 5th round pick Alex Scherff are the big names headlining the pitchers in Red Sox camp.
RHP: Eduard Bazardo, Brayan Bello, Durbin Feltman, Tanner Houck, Francisco Lopez-Soto, Chris Machamer, Joan Martinez, Alexander Montero, Andrew Politi, Aldo Ramirez, Roniel Raudes, Yasel Santana, Zach Schellenger, Alex Scherff, Chase Shugart, Miguel Suero, and Thad Ward
LHP: Yoan Aybar and Josh Taylor
2018 Tampa Bay Rays Instructional League Rosters and Schedule
Pitchers (25)
Newly acquired Shane Baz, 2017 1st rounder from Pittsburgh. Baz was included in the Archer deal. 2018 first rounders Matthew Liberatore, Shane McLanahan, and 2017 1st round pick Brendan McKay.
RHP: Shane Baz, Taj Bradley, Vincent Byrd, Eleardo Cabrera, Tanner Dodson, Miguel Lara, Easton McGee, Michael Mercado, Joel Peguero, Tommy Romero, Simon Rosenblum-Larson, Joe Ryan, Jhonleider Salinas, Alan Strong, Alex Valverde, and Stephen Yancey.
LHP: Matthew Liberatore, Resley Linares, Jose Lopez, Shane McLanahan, Brendan McKay, Luis Moncada, Steffon Moore, Francisco Sanchez, Nick Sprengel.
Backfield Banter: Blue Jays Instructs Camp 9/11-9/12
Camera-wielding drones buzzed overhead, and there was no shade to be found save for the unintentional sort—in the shadow of a large pole or beside the small building strategically placed in the center of the quad fields. Ninety minutes into the second camp day, I had finally mustered enough “courage” to approach members of the Toronto Blue Jays staff who had been running the start of their instructs camp. My untrained eye deduced these men fell into three categories: coaches, player development staff, and video crew. (And a mysterious forth category, polo shirt question mark?)