In preparation for their Sunday home exhibition against the Springfield Cardinals, the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Single-A Midwest League have announced their season-opening roster.
It includes 25 players plus one on the disabled list*, catcher Blake Murphy. Over half of the new River Bandits were members of the 2008 New York-Penn League champion Batavia Muckdogs.
No. | Pitchers (13) | Ht. | Wt. | B/T | DOB | Age | Obtained | 2008 Club |
12 | Brown, George | 6-1 | 195 | L/L | 6/18/86 | 22 | 27th Round, 2008 | Batavia |
31 | Cardenas, Hector | 6-3 | 188 | L/L | 12/14/86 | 22 | Free Agent, 4/20/06 | Batavia |
28 | Carpenter, Dave | 6-2 | 200 | R/R | 7/15/85 | 23 | 12th Round, 2006 | QC/PB/GCL/JC |
44 | Daley, Gary | 6-3 | 200 | R/R | 11/1/85 | 23 | 3rd Round, 2006 | PB/GCL |
16 | Delgado, Ramon | 6-3 | 195 | R/R | 9/3/86 | 22 | 41st Round, 2007 | Batavia |
18 | Fick, Chuckie | 6-5 | 187 | R/R | 11/20/85 | 23 | 15th Round, 2007 | Quad Cities |
24 | Hooker, Deryk | 6-4 | 185 | R/R | 6/21/89 | 19 | 7th Round, 2007 | JC/QC |
10 | McGregor, Scott | 6-3 | 200 | R/R | 12/19/86 | 22 | 15th Round, 2008 | GCL/JC/QC |
21 | Mulligan, Casey | 6-2 | 190 | R/R | 10/5/87 | 21 | 22nd Round, 2006 | GCL/PB |
41 | Nieto, Arquidemes | 6-0 | 175 | R/R | 4/28/89 | 19 | Free Agent, 3/3/07 | Batavia |
32 | Tapia, Miguel | 6-1 | 198 | R/R | 2/6/88 | 21 | Free Agent, 4/4/06 | Batavia |
11 | Thomas, Kevin | 6-3 | 215 | R/R | 7/8/86 | 22 | 33rd Round, 2008 | Johnson City |
14 | Veres, Adam | 6-4 | 235 | R/R | 3/19/88 | 21 | 49th Round, 2008 | JC/Batavia |
No. | Catchers (2+1) | Ht. | Wt. | B/T | DOB | Age | Obtained | 2008 Club |
37 | Cutler, Charles | 6-0 | 200 | L/R | 7/29/86 | 22 | 14th Round, 2008 | Batavia |
4 | Espinoza, Roberto | 5-10 | 165 | R/R | 3/8/89 | 20 | Free Agent, 3/6/06 | Quad Cities |
5 | Murphy, Blake* | 6-1 | 195 | R/R | 5/19/85 | 23 | 42nd Round, 2008 | Batavia/QC |
No. | Infielders (5) | Ht. | Wt. | B/T | DOB | Age | Obtained | 2008 Club |
25 | Morales, Osvaldo | 6-3 | 200 | R/R | 7/4/87 | 21 | Free Agent, 3/25/06 | QC/JC/Batavia |
3 | Bolivar, Domnit | 5-11 | 165 | R/R | 5/12/89 | 19 | Free Agent, 7/12/05 | QC/Batavia |
8 | Castellanos, Alex | 6-0 | 195 | R/R | 8/4/86 | 22 | 10th Round, 2008 | JC/Batavia |
6 | Vasquez, Niko | 6-0 | 170 | R/R | 2/26/89 | 20 | 3rd Round, 2008 | JC/Quad Cities |
9 | Luna, Aaron | 5-11 | 200 | R/R | 3/28/87 | 22 | 9th Round, 2008 | QC/Palm Beach |
No. | Outfielders (5) | Ht. | Wt. | B/T | DOB | Age | Obtained | 2008 Club |
23 | Buck, Brian | 6-1 | 190 | R/R | 2/3/86 | 23 | 27th Round, 2007 | GCL |
20 | Cruz, Paul | 5-10 | 190 | L/L | 9/20/85 | 23 | 40th Round, 2008 | Johnson City |
7 | Edwards, Jon | 6-5 | 230 | R/R | 1/8/88 | 21 | 14th Round, 2006 | Batavia/QC |
33 | Rodriguez, Ryde | 6-3 | 232 | S/R | 2/2/88 | 21 | Free Agent, 7/25/07 | GCL/JC |
26 | Swauger, Chris | 6-0 | 200 | L/L | 8/11/86 | 22 | 26th Round, 2008 | Batavia |