As promised, we're now going to shift our focus on catching up with
some of the alumni to come through the ABL, and boy do we have a lot of
catching up to do. With so many former ABLers in the minor league ranks
it takes a fair amount of effort to stay on top of them all. In order to
make it more digestible for you the reader -- not to mention give me,
the blogger, a bit of a break -- I'm breaking this update up into two
posts of roughly half the players each. Below the "fold" you'll find a
listing of all notable transactions regarding the up-and-coming pro
prospects who've logged ABL time. Some of this is old news, so I hope
you'll excuse me, but I'm just posting up everything of note that has
occurred since the last time I updated the Pro Prospects spreadsheet
(which was before the ABL season began).Most notable, of course, are the players who have escaped the minors and are now logging valuable time in MLB. Ike Davis (Bucs, 2006), of course, came up with the Mets early in the season and seems to have stuck in the big leagues. I know Mets fans -- and Bucs fans! -- have been pulling for him to break in to the bigs and they've had their wishes granted. Hector Ambriz (Pilots, 2003) is now with the Cleveland Indians, although as a Rule Five draft pick we knew that was a matter of time. They could only milk his "rehab assignment" for so long before they had to choose between putting him on the MLB roster or losing him. Jason Castro (Bucs, 2006) -- ranked 49th State Hardball's #1 ABL Pro Prospect -- has come up with the Astros; Barry Enright (Oilers, 2005) has looked very impressive for the Arizona Diamondbacks; Chris Gimenez (Bucs, 2002) has joined Ambriz with the Indians. Congrats to all of those former Alaska League players for making the jump, and hopefully they all stick around for a while.
We've also had a couple of interesting stories in the independent leagues. Drew Anderson (Pilots, 2002) was apparently released by Milwaukee after spending most of last season with the AA Huntsville Stars. He then signed on with the independent league St. Paul Saints to start 2010, but had his contract bought back by...wait for it...the Milwaukee Brewers who have since assigned him to, once again, the Huntsville Stars. Matt Maloney (Fire, 2005) is another interesting guy in the indy ball leagues. While still on the roster as a player, he was promoted to the managerial position of the Kalamazoo Kings. He now fills the role of player/manager for the team.
Of course plenty of other players have been promoted or otherwise shuffled around the minor league ranks. Check out the following list of players, alphabetically, A-M:
Hector Ambriz (Pilots, 2003)
Promoted to MLB Cleveland Indians
Drew Anderson (Pilots, 2002)
Released by Milwaukee, signed by independent St. Paul Saints, contract re-purchased from St. Paul by Milwaukee. Assigned to AA Huntsville.
Carson Andrew (Panners, 2007)
Promoted to Single-A Cedar Rapids. 0.75 ERA, 6 H, 2 BB, 11 K in 12.0 IP in the Midwest League.
Craig Bennigson (Miners, 2006)
Promoted to short-season Tri-City. 2.51 ERA in 14.1 IP.
Nick Buss (Oilers, 2007)
Assigned to Great Lakes of the single-A Midwest League. Hitting .326 on the season there.
Jason Castro (Bucs, 2006)
Promoted to MLB Houston Astros
Gary Daley (Pilots, 2005)
Released by St. Louis Cardinals on July 22.
Brad Davis (Panners, 2003)
Promoted to MLB Florida Marlins; re-assigned to AAA New Orleans (PCL)
Ike Davis (Bucs, 2006)
Promoted to MLB New York Mets
Jake Dunning (Panners, 2008)
Assigned to short-season Salem-Keizer of the Northwest League. 3.03 ERA and 38K in 29.2 IP.
Barry Enright (Oilers, 2005)
Promoted to MLB Arizona Diamondbacks on June 30. 2.64 ERA in MLB this season.
Chris Errecart (Miners, 2004)
Released by Milwaukee Brewers.
James Ewing (Miners, 2008)
Retired from professional baseball.
Justin Fuller (Panners, 2005)
Released by Chicago White Sox. Fuller is a native of Juneau, AK.
Dustin Garneau (Panners, 2007)
Assigned to short-season Tri-City of the Northwest League.
Jared Gayhart (Bucs, 2007)
Sent down to single-A advanced Lakeland of the Florida State League.
David Genao (Oilers, 2007)
Released by Tampa Bay.
Jeremy Gillan (Panners, 2008)
Released by Los Angeles. Signed by the independent Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association.
Chris Gimenez (Bucs, 2002)
Promoted to MLB Cleveland Indians.
Justin Harper (Bucs, 2007-08)
Assigned to rookie-league Greenville of the Appalachian League.
Matthew Harughty (Pilots, 2008)
Released by the Chicago White Sox.
Adam Heether (Pilots, 2001-02)
Claimed off waivers from Milwaukee by Oakland; designated for assignment and assigned to AAA Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League.
Derek Helenihi (Miners, 2007)
Released by Chicago Cubs.
Jarred Holloway (Panners, 2007)
Released by Houston Astros.
Brian Jeroloman (Panners, 2004)
Promoted to AAA Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League. Has reached base in each of his five games so far at AAA.
Adam Jorgenson (Bucs, 2007)
Promoted to double-A Tulsa of the Texas League.
Christopher Kissock (Panners, 2006)
Promoted to double-A Reading of the Eastern League.
Paul Koss (Pilots, 2005)
Released by the LA Dodgers.
Andre Lamontagne (Oilers, 2006)
Promoted to AA Huntsville of the Southern League.
Carlos Luna (Oilers, 2007)
Assigned to single-A Ashville of the South Atlantic League
Matt Maloney (Fire, 2005)
Named interim manager of independent Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League. Serving as a player/manager.
Chris Mason (Miners, 2004)
Signed by the La New Bears of the China Professional Baseball League (Taiwan).
Matt McBride (Miners, 2005)
Promoted to AAA Columbus of the International League.
Jorden Merry (Pilots, 2007)
Sent down to short-season Everett of the Northwest League
Matt Meyer (Oilers, 2005)
Released by St. Louis Cardinals. Signed with independent St. Paul Saints of the American Association.
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