I will continue to tweak and update this listing from now until the end of spring, of which a new depth chart will be posted with the opening day rosters for all levels and then site contributor Jason Eddy will be taking over and updating the depth chart throughout the season with the actual rosters at each level.
Note: The maximum active roster size at Cleveland, Kinston and Lake County is 25 players whereas at Columbus and Akron it is just 24 players. Also, guys listed as bubble/rehab guys (rehab guys have a * next to name) are listed in the column for the team they likely will be playing for a spot on this spring. Some interesting players will certainly be left off the active list when the season starts.
Updated: March 25, 2010
| Cleveland (25) | Columbus (24) | Akron (24) | Kinston (25) | Lake Co. (25) | |
| Lineup | |||||
| C | Lou Marson | Carlos Santana | Damaso Espino | Adam Abraham | Roberto Perez |
| 1B | Matt LaPorta | Shelly Duncan | Beau Mills | Nate Recknagel | Ben Carlson |
| 2B | Luis Valbuena | Josh Rodriguez | Cord Phelps | Jason Kipnis | Kyle Smith |
| SS | Asdrubal Cabrera | Jason Donald | Carlos Rivero | Ron Rivas | Argenis Martinez |
| 3B | Jhonny Peralta | Wes Hodges | Lonnie Chisenhall | Kyle Bellows | Jeremie Tice |
| LF | Michael Brantley | Jordan Brown | Nick Weglarz | Donnie Webb | Bo Greenwell |
| CF | Grady Sizemore | Jose Constanza | Tim Fedroff | Delvi Cid | Jordan Henry |
| RF | Shin-Soo Choo | Trevor Crowe | John Drennen | Abner Abreu | Trent Baker |
| DH | Travis Hafner (DH) | Chris Gimenez | Matt McBride | Karexon Sanchez | Chris Kersten |
| Bench | |||||
| C | Mike Redmond | Wyatt Toregas | Alex Castillo | Doug Pickens | Greg Folgia |
| OF | Austin Kearns | Stephen Head | Lucas Montero | Matt Brown | Jason Smit |
| INF | Anderson Hernandez | Brian Bixler | Cristo Arnal | Karexon Sanchez | Casey Frawley |
| INF | Andy Marte | ||||
| Rotation | |||||
| SP | Jake Westbrook | Carlos Carrasco | Eric Berger | Alex White | Marty Popham |
| SP | Justin Masterson | Hector Rondon | Scott Barnes | Alexander Perez | Trey Haley |
| SP | Fausto Carmona | Jeanmar Gomez | Kelvin De La Cruz | T.J. House | Joe Gardner |
| SP | David Huff | Yohan Pino | Zach Putnam | Danny Salazar | Clayton Cook |
| SP | Mitch Talbot | Scott Lewis | Josh Tomlin | Nick Hagadone | TJ McFarland |
| Bullpen | |||||
| MR | Aaron Laffey | Mike Gosling | Bryan Price | Brett Brach | Francisco Jimenez |
| MR | Joe Smith | Frank Herrmann | Connor Graham | Joey Mahalic | Preston Guilmet |
| MR | Tony Sipp | Ryan Edell | Paolo Espino | Santo Frias | Vidal Nuno |
| MR | Rafael Perez | Steven Wright | Neil Wagner | Chris Jones | Austin Adams |
| MR | Jamey Wright | Saul Rivera | Carlton Smith | Bryce Stowell | Alexander Morales |
| MR | Jensen Lewis | Erik Stiller | Chen Lee | Matt Langwell | Nick Sarianides |
| MR | Rob Bryson | Jeremy Johnson | |||
| CL | Chris Perez | Jess Todd | Josh Judy | Steve Smith | Cory Burns |
| Bubble Guys or Rehab (*) | |||||
| Anthony Reyes* | Adam Miller* | Ryan Morris* | Heath Taylor* | Jason Knapp* | |
| Kerry Wood* | Niuman Romero | Vinnie Pestano* | Ryan Blair | Antwonie Hubbard | |
| Russell Branyan* | Tom Mastny | Dallas Cawiezell | Travis Turek | Carlos Moncrief | |
| Jeremy Sowers* | Jerad Head | Mike Pontius* | Chun Chen | ||
| Hector Ambriz | Jerad Goedert | Adam White | Dale Dickerson | ||
| Luis Rodriguez | Jonathan Holt | Brian Grening | Daniel DeGeorge | ||
| Mark Grudzielanek | Kyle Landis | Chris Nash | Daniel Jimenez | ||
| David Roberts | |||||
| Brian Buscher | Mark Thompson | Dwight Childs | |||
| Matthew Willard | Francisco Valera | ||||
| Richard Martinez | Gregorio Rosario | ||||
| Roman Pena | Guido Fonseca | ||||
| Joel Torres | |||||
| John Goryl | |||||
| Jose Campos | |||||
| Jose Flores | |||||
| Joseph Colon | |||||
| Juan Aponte | |||||
| Justin Toole | |||||
| Kevin Fontanez | |||||
| Kevin Rucker | |||||
| Kirk Wetmore | |||||
| Kyle C. Smith | |||||
| Kyle Smith | |||||
| Lurvin Basabe | |||||
| Matt Packer | |||||
| Michael Valadez | |||||
| Mike Rayl | |||||
| Moises Montero | |||||
| Nick Kirk | |||||
| Rafael Vera | |||||
| Rolando Petit | |||||
| Giovanny Urshela | |||||
| Tim Palincsar | |||||
| Tyler Sturdevant | |||||
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12 comments:
You have Wyatt Toregas listed as the backup C at both the MLB and AAA level, fyi.
Nice work. Of all the "bubble" guys, who do you think has the best shot at actually making the major league club? Sowers jumps out immediately, but I can't help but think that Bixler isn't quite a sure thing to be the utility guy.
Interesting that you have Laffey in the bullpen. That actually looks like a good bullpen. But Masterson, Carmona, Huff, Talbot is truly frightening. It wouldn't be shocking to go through that rotation and get 8 innings out of them combined. I'd be more comfortable with Laffey in the starting roll, replacing Huff or Talbot ... I'd think Judy and Wagner would deserve a promotion to AAA to start the year. They might be needed soon in Cleveland, after poor Sipp, Chris Perez and Smith have their arms fall off ... It's a good thing the Indians are in the Central, where KC and the White Sox should have awful offenses. Imagine the carnage if they were in the East, facing the Yankees and Red Sox 18 times
Oops, fixed the dual Toregas listing...obviously Redmond if the MLB backup catcher. Thanks.
Grudz has the best shot of making the team, as I think they prefer he does to complete the veteran bench setup it appears they are going with. Bixler would then go to Columbus and be the utility guy there. I think unless they option out Laffey or Huff, that Sowers is a goner.
As for Laffey, I have him in the bullpen because of the three guys vying for the 5th spot between him, Sowers and Talbot, Laffey is the more versatile and has some experience in the bullpen. I think it fits him much better than the other two, and sets Talbot or Sowers up to have much better success than pitching in the bullpen. Laffey to me is a decent option in any role, so fine if he opens in the bullpen....and given the setup of this rotation he will get A LOT of work.:-)
And Judy and Wagner deserve a promotion, but the problem is we have too many guys. So some will open in Double-A. With Jensen Lewis and Jess Todd in the Columbus bullpen it really limits who can be called up.
is juan lara in camp this year?
Thanks
As far as I know, Lara is not with the team anymore. I'll check around, but I don't believe the Indians re-signed him as no transaction came through about it.
Tony thanks for the update, that is truly a bummer for lara. hope he can get a break with a new team.
when u coming out to the desert for spring training?
Thanks,
CP
I'll be out March 11-20....can't wait!
nice man, hope to see u then!
CP
How can you possibly have Judy in AA? He was dominant this spring and some people said he had a chance at starting the year with Cleveland.
I love Judy....but the guy had zero shot of making the Cleveland bullpen out of spring training. His being up with the big league team was more an orientation for him to the big leagues and for the staff to see him. I think he has a great shot to make the Indians bullpen later in the year, but for now my feeling is he starts in Akron and then moves quickly to Columbus. I wouldn't be surprised if he did make the Columbus roster though!
With the way Talbot has been pitching in spring training it will be almost impossible for the Indians to not have him in their rotation to start the year.
Given his strong start so far I'm really curious as to how he'll fare during the rest of the season. I never expected him to see time in Cleveland when they got him for Shoppach.
Looks like every one wins in that deal!
Yep, Talbot unofficially has one rotation spot locked up. Now it really is a question of whether they go one of two routes:
- Huff in rotation, Laffey in bullpen
- Laffey in rotation, Huff to AAA (he won't go to bullpen), and then either Saul Rivera or Hector Ambriz being the last pen guy.
I think the former has a higher liklihood of happening....though apparently Carlos Carrasco could throw it all out of whack as he is now being considered for a spot.
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