Internal Spring Training Invites

RHP Alex White, Yohan Pino and Frank Herrmann, INFs Lonnie Chisenhall, Beau Mills and Niuman Romero and C Damaso Espino.

-Castro.

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SBN has Beau Mills as a shortstop in their auto-tags.

by afh4 on Jan 14, 2010 11:18 AM EST reply actions

He did play SS for the Golden West HS (Visalia, CA) Trail Blazers.

by FredOx on Jan 14, 2010 11:35 AM EST up reply actions

Really hope Chisenhall and Mills show somethin’ good at ST.

Oh, and just because I extremely excited about it and felt the need to share with people—just found out that my wife is 12 weeks pregnant with our first child. Future Tribe Fan in waiting. LGT!

Anything in life is possible, except for skiing through revolving doors.

by MooneysRebellion on Jan 14, 2010 1:41 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

Congratulations!

Your child is already as good of a prospect as Mills.

by Jay on Jan 14, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions

Congrats!

I just wanted to believe.

by mjmarble on Jan 14, 2010 4:32 PM EST up reply actions

congrats

by APV on Jan 15, 2010 4:21 AM EST up reply actions

Thanks everyone!

Anything in life is possible, except for skiing through revolving doors.

by MooneysRebellion on Jan 15, 2010 8:08 AM EST up reply actions

Congrats!

by hans on Jan 15, 2010 6:42 PM EST up reply actions

Personally, I’m looking forward to seeing White, Pino and Chisenhall with Pino being the most ‘unknown’ of the three. Not that I’m going to see any of them – but I’m sure the PD will have a fluff piece or two at some point. That and cold hard stats.

I really need to convince the wife to let me get the MLB.tv package this year.

I just wanted to believe.

by mjmarble on Jan 14, 2010 4:44 PM EST reply actions

Couldn’t agree more about MLB.TV…afraid my wife is going to stick me with just the MLB radio package again though.

Anything in life is possible, except for skiing through revolving doors.

by MooneysRebellion on Jan 14, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions

Pretty interested in seeing how the Hahvahd alum Herrmann does, too. He was converted to relief upon promotion to AAA (when the reliever stampede was hap’nin), and I guess they liked what they saw.

by mcrose on Jan 14, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions

Hmmm only 7 internal invites … that seems a bit low considering the mass of #4/5 starters we have. We shall see ….

by talonk on Jan 14, 2010 10:22 PM EST reply actions

These invites are for guys not on the 40-man only. The entire 40-man roster is invited to big-league camp, because that’s the big-league roster.

by Jay on Jan 15, 2010 1:44 AM EST up reply actions

Oh I know … it just seems we usually give 10+ non 40 man roster to up n coming players. But I might be combing the minor league free agent signings as well into my memory banks.

by talonk on Jan 15, 2010 10:16 AM EST up reply actions

I don’t know how many we usually give, but I really think the difference is in how stocked the 40-man is at this point.

by Jay on Jan 15, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions

BUT MIKE REDMOND WILL BE THERE!!

"I'm a baseball lifer. It's what I do." —Manny Acta

by westbrook on Jan 15, 2010 2:06 PM EST up reply actions

Even Mike Redmond’s mom doesn’t talk about him as much as we have this week.

by Brad D on Jan 18, 2010 1:04 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah, but that’s because his brother is a doctor.

by Jay on Jan 18, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions

So White is the courtesy #1 draft pick invite. Chisenhall is the former #1, future possible star (but not this year) invite. Espino and Romero are extra role players for big league camp, and potential emergency fill-ins if the world (and the season) collapse. Mills is an interesting invite. To some extent he is also a former #1 courtesy invite, but he had something of an opposite 2009 as Chisenhall. I too would like to see him have a very strong start to the year, beginning in spring training. Yohan and Herrmann are the interesting ones, I think. Herrmann didn’t warrant a 40-man spot, but given his ability to throw strikes could be part of the bullpen in 2010. I bet the major league staff wants to get a closer look at Pino and see what he has to offer. I suppose best case scenario is that we get something productive out of either Pino or Talbot.

by APV on Jan 15, 2010 4:28 AM EST reply actions