Edit: We have minor league rosters available now via Jamie Ramsey
Here are some guys who seem to be injured and not on opening day rosters:
- Aguido Gonzalez
- Ezequiel Infante
- Jeff Jeffords
- Jacob Johnson
- Kyle Lotzkar
- Brian Pearl
- Josh Ravin
- Alex Buchholz
- Didi Gregorius
- Kyle Day
I don’t know much about anyones injuries other than Pearl could still be rehabbing.
*end edit*
So that was a good weekend of baseball for the Reds wouldn’t you say? While it is early, taking 3 games against one of the teams who was supposed to compete against you is a great way to start the season and certainly sets a nice tone that we are still the team to beat until someone can take it from us.
The teams flew out of Arizona over the weekend and arrived at their destinations. Unfortunately, we of 3:21am there are no rosters available. Games start on Thursday, so if the rosters aren’t out at some point today, I would be incredibly surprised. Be sure to follow me on twitter, as I will be checking for updated rosters once I get up until they get posted.
While on the subject of games starting on Thursday, lets take a look at what each team will be doing on Thursday:
- The Dayton Dragons open up at 7:00pm at home against Bowling Green.
- The Bakersfield Blaze open up at 10:00pm (Local start time is 7:00pm) on the road against Visalia.
- The Carolina Mudcats open up at 7:15pm at home against Mobile.
- The Louisville Bats open up at 6:35pm at home against Toledo.
As long as the weather appears to look nice in Dayton, that is where I will be Thursday night for the first game of the year. Anyone else planning on going to any of the opening night games?
I had a preview of the Carolina roster from a guy who has some connections to the team, but isn’t an employee of the team or the Reds staff. His information has been pretty reliable in the past though. Not many surprises at first glance other than it looks like Daryl Thompson will be in the rotation and Brad Boxberger in the bullpen according to him.
If you haven’t participated in the website survey I posted over the weekend, and would like to, head over there. The more answers I get back, the better.
Tonight is the NCAA Basketball Championship game. Butler and Connecticut are squaring up. Butler of all teams is in the finals for the second straight season. Who do you guys want to win? Who is actually going to win? Poll below.
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