Black Monday for Phillies Minor Leaguers

Today was the day for big cuts in the minors.  Here is a list of the Phillies transactions based on the latest minor league roster , and a summary of the changes from the week 3 roster including the cuts made today.

CNBC Minor League Logos Contest

This is semi-off-topic, but I thought I’d post it anyway for grins.  CNBC is having a March Madness style tourny to select the best logo in minor league baseball.  In today’s brackets voting three of the Philllies minor league teams are in the running.  The Clearwater Threshers face the Modesto Nuts, the Williamsport Croscutters face the Quad City Riverbandits, and the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs face the Gary Southshore Railcats.

Click here to view the site and place your votes for the best logos.

2008 Clearwater Threshers Projected Roster

I don’t know how much of a limb I am going out on to project this, but I have updated my Clearwater Threshers website with this (click here) as my projected 2008 line up. The projection is based on the latest 2008 ST roster mixed in with a little intuition. I’m guessing I’ll have about 20 of the 25 players correct, with a few free agent signings thrown in at the last minute just to mess things up and maybe a few other moves in the mix.

It will be hard to top the team’s 2008 FSL Championship, but I am looking forward to some good times at the park regardless of the team’s record.

This Week’s Updated Minor League Rosters

Alright gang, here are this week’s updated minor league rosters.   You can compare this to week 3 rosters, the week 2 roster and week 1 rosters that I had posted earlier if you would like.

Group 3 is what is projected as the Clearwater Threshers 2008 roster, though there will still be moves made before the roster is absolutely final. With the changes from 3/22/08 the roster is probably at least 90% accurate.

I’ll keep on the lookout for each new officially posted roster and keep them updated here as needed.  Next week’s roster will likely be final, or at least as close to final as it will get barring a few last minute changes.

Newly Updated Minor League Rosters

I hit the Carpenter Complex to check out the first day of minor league games. It was the Clearwater (Group 3) team and the Lakewood (Group 4) teams against the Orioles. Nothing of terrific interest to report except that I did pick up the newly updated minor league rosters. This version has the guys broken out into five groups not four like the previous version that I had posted a while back.

Though these rosters are still subject to quite a bit of change before the season actually starts, they do seem to be much closer to what each roster may look like. The Group 1 seems most likely for the biggest changes as guys continue to get sent down from the big league camp, but as you move to groups, 2, 3, 4 & five I see less change happening at each lower level. Of course “less” is relative with perhaps even as much as 50% change still to come.

I’ll keep on the lookout for each new officially posted roster and keep them updated here as needed.