Former Crawdads on Opening Day Rosters

The 2014 season has opened with 103 former Crawdads on the roster of a Major League or an affiliated Minor League Baseball team. Twenty-three other former players are currently in extended spring training due to injury or are inactive and are awaiting an assignment to a team.

No former Crawdads made their debut in the majors to open the season, although Nick Martinez, who was assigned to AA Frisco to start the season, will make his major league debut with the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Two former Crawdads players are making their debuts at the class AAA level, while seven more players were placed on a class AA roster for the first time.

At the class high-A level, 11 former Crawdads will play at this level for the first time, 10 of those with Myrtle Beach.

While not assigned a parent club, the Mexican Leagues are considered a part of the National Association at the AAA-level, and thus former Crawdads are included with this list. 

Former Crawdads playing in independent leagues or foreign leagues are not included below.

An updated list will be kept on the Crawdads website throughout the season,

Asterisks indicate players debuting at their current level when the season opened.

 

Major Leagues (32)

American League (17):

Baltimore Orioles: Steven Pearce; Chicago White Sox: Leury Garcia, Jeff Keppinger (DL); Cleveland Indians: Nyjer Morgan; Detroit Tigers: Rajai Davis; Houston Astros: Alex Presley; Los Angeles Angels: Sean Burnett (DL); Seattle Mariners: Joe Beimel, Chris Young; Tampa Bay Rays: Josh Lueke, Juan Carlos Oviedo (DL); Texas Rangers: Joseph Ortiz (DL), Martin Perez, Jurickson Profar (DL), Robbie Ross; Toronto Blue Jays: Jose Bautista, Todd Redmond.

 

National League (15)

Atlanta Braves: Ryan Doumit; Chicago Cubs: Justin Grimm; Los Angeles Dodgers: Paul Maholm; Milwaukee Brewers: Zach Duke, Tom Gorzelanny (DL); Philadelphia Phillies: Brad Lincoln; Pittsburgh Pirates: Andrew McCutchen, Jordy Mercer, Bryan Morris, Neil Walker, Tony Watson; San Diego Padres: Robbie Erlin, Joe Wieland (DL); Washington Nationals: Adam LaRoche, Nate McLouth.                 

 

AAA (25)

International League (9)

Columbus Clippers (Cleveland): Matt Capps (DL); Gwinnett Braves (Atlanta): Steve Lerud; Indianapolis Indians (Pittsburgh): Jake Brigham, Matt Hague, Jared Hughes, Duke Welker; Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Philadelphia): Brian Bixler (DL); Toledo Mud Hens (Detroit): Derek Hankins, Ronny Paulino (restricted).

 

Pacific Coast League (10)

Albuquerque Isotopes (LA Dodgers): Jamie Romak; Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs): Carlos Pimentel, Neil Ramirez, Christian Villanueva*; Nashville Sounds (Milwaukee): Dustin Molleken; Round Rock Express (Texas): Brett Lillibridge, Roman Mendez*, Ryan Rodebaugh (DL), Ben Rowen, Nick Tepesch.

 

Mexican League (6)

Monterrey Sultanes: Humberto Cota; Puebla Pericos: Rodolfo Aguirre, Reynosa Broncos: Jeff Bennett; Tabasco Olmecas: Carlos Rivera; Tijuana Toros: Mario Valdez; Veracruz Rojos del Aguilas: Jose Castillo

 

AA (23)

Eastern League (2)

Bowie: Baysox (Baltimore): Fabio Castillo; New Hampshire FisherCats (Toronto): Richard Bleier.

 

Southern League (3)

Birmingham Barons (Chicago White Sox): Josh Richmond*; Chattanooga Lookouts (Los Angeles Dodgers): Hector Nelo; Tennessee Smokies (Chicago Cubs): C.J. Edwards*

 

Texas League (18)

Frisco RoughRiders (Texas): Trever Adams*, Jared Eickhoff, Wilmer Font, Chris Grayson* (DL), Luke Jackson, Phil Klein, Nick Martinez, Francisco Mendoza, Rougned Odor, Jimmy Reyes, Drew Robinson*, Ryan Rua, Luis Sardinas, Jake Skole*, Tomas Telis, Matt West*, Zack Zaneski (DL).

 

High A (23)

Carolina League (23)

Carolina Mudcats (Cleveland): Carlos Melo*; Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Texas): Hanser Alberto, Jorge Alfaro, Preston Beck, Ryan Bores*, Cody Buckel, Alex Claudio, Zach Cone, Cody Ege, Andrew Faulkner*, Joey Gallo*, Edwin Garcia, Chris Garia*, Odubel Herrera, Keone Kela*, Jose Leclerc*, David Lyon*, Luis Parra, Victor Payano, Sam Stafford*, Nick Williams*, Sam Wolff*; Salem Red Sox (Boston): Jonathan Roof.

   

Extended Spring (not assigned to a full season affiliate):

Baltimore: Joe Van Meter; Boston: Wilfredo Boscan; Los Angeles: Romulo Sanchez; Milwaukee: Miguel De Los Santos; Minnesota: Mark Hamburger (suspension); Pittsburgh: Cody Eppley; San Diego: Coby Cowgill; Texas: Jordan Akins, Chad Bell, Will Lamb, Teodoro Martinez, Kevin Matthews, Arlett Mavare, Nick McBride, Josh McElwee, Luis Mendez, Jose Monegro, Randol Rojas, Connor Sadzeck, Paul Schwendel, Brett Teschner, Jose Valdespina, Greg Williams  

Free Agents not signed: Richard Alvarez, Mike Bianucci, Eric Brooks, Joe Burns, Andrew Clark, Taylor Dennis, John Kukuruda, Joe Maloney, Jim Negrych, John Niggle, Hirotoshi Onaka, Santo Perez, Alejandro Selen, Tyler Tufts, Kris Watts, Taylor Wrenn, Johan Yan.