Thursday, February 21, 2008

My Organizational Depth Chart

Recently, I posted my organizational depth chart over at Royals Review. These predictions are not necessarily complete 25-man rosters; some of them go over the limit by a bit.

Nonetheless, here it is.....

*Note* I have changed this a bit since Jan. 30.

Kansas City Royals:

C - John Buck
1B - Justin Huber (No options remain)
2B - Mark Grudzielanek
3B - Alex Gordon
SS - Tony Pena (No options remain)
LF - Mark Teahen
CF - David DeJesus
*RF - Jose Guillen (15-day suspension; no counted roster slot)
DH - Billy Butler

*Bench - Miguel Olivo (C) (5-game suspension; counted roster slot)
Bench - Ross Gload (1B, LF, RF)
Bench - Alberto Callaspo (2B, OF, SS) (No options remain)
Bench - Esteban German (2B, 3B, SS)
Bench - Joey Gathright (OF) (No options remain)
Bench - Shane Costa (OF) (No options remain)

SP#1 - Gil Meche
SP#2 - Brian Bannister
SP#3 - Zack Greinke
SP#4 - Brett Tomko
SP#5 - John Bale

RP - Luke Hudson (No options remain)
RP - Jorge De La Rosa (No options remain)
RP - Luke Hochevar
RP - Leo Nunez (No options remain)
RP - Joel Peralta
RP - Jimmy Gobble
RP - Ron Mahay
RP - Yazuhiko Yabuta
RP - Joakim Soria

29 players are on this list! Who are the odd men out?

OMAHA ROYALS
(31 players)

C - Matt Tupman
1B - Ryan Shealy (1 option left; listed here temporarily)
2B - Jason Smith
3B - Mike Aviles
SS - Angel Sanchez
LF - Chris Lubanski
CF - Mitch Maier
RF - Damon Hollins
EX - Mike Stodolka

Bench - Ken Huckaby (C)
Bench - Angel Berroa (2B, SS, 3B)
Bench - Richard Lewis (2B, 3B)
Bench - Brian Buchanan (LF, RF)
Bench - Adam Greenberg (LF, RF)

SP#1 - Hideo Nomo
SP#2 - Brandon Duckworth
SP#3 - Mike Maroth
SP#4 - Brian Lawrence
SP#5 - Kyle Davies (1 option left)
SP#6 - Ben Hendrickson
SP#7 - Matt Wright
SP#8 - Tyler Lumsden

RP - Matt Peterson
RP - John Foster
RP - Roberto Giron
RP - Chin-hui Tsao
RP - Nate Hoelscher
RP - Dusty Hughes
RP - Jarod Plummer
RP - Roman Colon
RP - Neal Musser
RP - Ryan Braun

*Question marks?*: Derek Wathan, Greg Atencio, Jason Cromer, Thad Markray, Paul Mildren (was he released?)

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NATURALS
(28 players - one stacked rotation)

C - Kiel Thibault
1B - Kila Kaaihue
2B - Marc Maddox
3B - Mario Lisson
SS - Chris McConnell
LF - Wilver Perez
CF - Jose Duarte
RF - Brian McFall
EX - Brad McCann

Bench - Adam Donachie (C)
Bench - Damaso Espino (C)
Bench - Irving Falu (2B, SS, 3B)
Bench - Valentino Arce (2B, SS, 3B)
Bench - Mike Thompson (3B)
Bench - Geraldo Valentin (OF)

SP#1 - Rowdy Hardy
SP#2 - Dan Cortes
SP#3 - Blake Johnson
SP#4 - Julio Pimentel
SP#5 - Carlos Rosa

RP - Rayner Oliveros
RP - Mike Connolly
RP - Julio De La Cruz
RP - Arthur Santos
RP - Russ Haltiwanger
RP - Gilbert De La Vara
RP - Ray Liotta (Injured rehab)
RP - Justin Barnes
RP - Tim Hamulack

*Question marks*: Mike Gaffney, David Bernat

WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS
(29 players)

C - Jeffrey Howell
1B - Clint Robinson
2B - Luany Sanchez
3B - Jeff Nettles
SS - Jeff Bianchi
LF - Joe Dickerson
CF - Derrick Robinson
RF - Jamar Walton
EX - Luis Castillo

Bench - Brady Everett (C)
Bench - Cody Clark (C)
Bench - Miguel Vega (1B, OF)
Bench - Brett Bigler (OF)
Bench - Ovandy Suero (OF)

SP#1 - Blake Wood
SP#2 - Jason Godin
SP#3 - Harold Mozingo
SP#4 - Matt Campbell
SP#5 - Chris Nicoll
SP#6 - Luis Cota (Injured rehab?)

RP - Aaron Hartsock
RP - Tyler Chambliss
RP - Mario Santiago
RP - Everett Teaford
RP - Angelo Morales
RP - Chris Hayes
RP - David Humen

*Question marks:* Kyle Crist, Yovany D'Amico, Patrick Green, Michael Penn, Cody Clark, Jeremy Jirschele, Miguel Vega, Jeremy Cleveland

Lists above subject to edit! Please post your input below!

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