Pirates 2011 Minor League Spring Training Roster

by Charlie Wilmoth on Mar 16, 2011 6:07 PM EDT

Here's the entire minor league camp roster that the Pirates provide at Pirate City. I corrected a few mistakes with names and pitcher handedness, but there may be others. I have no idea what's going on with Jesus Brito, but I'll ask tomorrow.

Teenage Latin players, for those of you who are curious about interesting young players who might be playing stateside this year: Yhonathan Barrios, Orlando Castro, Exicardo Cayones, Willy Garcia, Alen Hanson, Luis Heredia, Jimmy Hernandez, Yhonathan Herrand, Diomedes Mateo (anyone know who this guy is?), Jose Ozuna, Gregory Polanco, Cristopher Richardson, Joely Rodriguez, Luis Urena.

UPDATE: Tim has some notes on some of these guys, as well as a few others.

Also, there was some question about whether Gerardo Alvarez would play or coach this year. Judging from workouts today (Alvarez had his name on his jersey, unlike players and like coaches) and from his absence from the roster, he appears to be a coach.

Tim Alderson RHP

Stetson Allie RHP

Gabriel Alvarado RHP

Calvin Anderson 1B

Francisco Aponte 2B

Cliff Archibald RHP

Eric Avila 3B

Marc Baca RHP

Aaron Baker 1B

Nate Baker LHP

Maurice Bankston RHP

Yhonathan Barrios SS

Ryan Beckman RHP

Justin Bencsko OF

Jorge Bishop SS

Victor Black RHP

Tom Boleska RHP

Jesus Brito RHP (?????? That's what's on the roster)

Kelson Brown SS

Ramon Cabrera C

Colton Cain LHP

Fraylin Campos RHP

Orlando Castro LHP

Exicardo Cayones OF

Brad Chalk OF

Evan Chambers OF

Ping-Hong Chi OF

Dylan Child C

Adenson Chourio SS

Anthony Claggett RHP

Jeff Clement 1B

Michael Colla RHP

Christian Colonel 3B

Daan Cornelissen OF

Tyler Cox LHP

Brandon Cumpton RHP

Jarek Cunningham SS

Matt Curry 1B

Emmanuel De Leon RHP

Kevin Decker RHP

Elias Diaz C

Zack Dodson LHP

Michael Dubee RHP

Miles Durham OF

Kawika Emsley-Pai C

Justin Ennis LHP

Casey Erickson RHP

Jason Erickson RHP

Jeremy Farrell 3B

Mitchell Fienemann RHP

Shelby Ford 2B

Zachary Foster RHP

Wesley Freeman OF

Eric Fryer C

Zachary Fuesser LHP

Willy Garcia OF

Benjamin Gonzalez SS

Elevys Gonzalez 3B

Samuel Gonzalez C

Walker Gourley 2B

Robbie Grossman OF

Dan Grovatt OF

Ryan Hafner RHP

Matt Hague 1B

Craig Hansen RHP

Alen Hanson 2B

Josh Harrison 2B

Luis Heredia RHP

Jimmy Hernandez RHP

Jose Hernandez OF

Yhonathan Herrand RHP

Brandon Holden RHP

Brock Holt SS

Justin Howard INF

Jared Hughes RHP

Jeffrey Inman RHP

Pay Irvine C

Phillip Irwin RHP

Nick Kingham RHP

Kevin Kleis RHP

Brent Klinger RHP

Noah Krol RHP

Jared Lakind 1B

Quincy Latimore OF

Brian Leach RHP

Wilson Lee LHP

Jackson Lodge LHP

Cesar Lopez RHP

Porfirio Lopez LHP

Brett Lorin RHP

Alex Lukashevich RHP

Chase Lyles 3B

Drew Maggi SS

Jairo Marquez C

Starling Marte OF

Diomedes Mateo LHP

Austin McClune OF

Matt McSwain RHP

Miguel Mendez C

Jordy Mercer SS

Quinton Miller RHP

Joan Montero RHP

Diego Moreno RHP

Kevin Mort SS

Elecier Navarro LHP

Jim Negrych 3B

Dovydas Neverauskas RHP

Jordan Newton C

Gift Ngoepe 2B

Gavi Nivar OF

Rogelio Noris OF

Anthony Norman OF

Jose Ortiz C

Jose Ozuna OF

Vincent Payne RHP

Ricky Perez RHP

Logan Pevny RHP

Barrett Phillips LHP

Greg Picart SS

David Pino 3B

Gregory Polanco OF

Ashley Ponce SS

Brooks Pounders RHP

Aaron Prbanic RHP

Jhonathan Ramos LHP

Cristopher Richardson LHP

Gerlis Rodriguez 1B

Joely Rodriguez LHP

Mel Rojas Jr. OF

David Rubinstein OF

Casey Sadler RHP

Tony Sanchez C

Yeiber Sanchez RHP

Adalberto Santos 2B

Joey Schoenfeld C

Travis Scott C

Rinku Singh LHP

Matt Skirving C

Jose Solano SS

Junior Sosa OF

Trent Stevenson RHP

Hunter Strickland RHP

Jarryd Sullivan RHP

Jameson Talilon RHP

Yerfi Taveras RHP

Jason Townsend RHP

Bryton Trepagnier RHP

Michaelangel Trinidad 1B

Luis Urena OF

Cesar Valdez RHP

Andy Vasquez 2B

Donnie Veal LHP

Oscar Verdugo RHP

Zack Von Rosenberg RHP

Tyler Waldron RHP

Kris Watts C

Bryce Weidman RHP

Duke Welker RHP

Cole White OF

Mike Williams LHP

Tweet Comment 24 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

Mateo certainly doesn’t look like a RHP on his Facebook page!

http://bleedblackandgold.com/

by Say Hey Johnny Ray on Mar 16, 2011 7:39 PM EDT reply actions

On the roster they have him listed as an RHP, but also give him an asterisk to indicate that he’s left-handed. I’ll change this to make him a lefty.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Mar 16, 2011 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s only natural that any document that lists Jesus Brito as a RHP does need some editing.

http://bleedblackandgold.com/

by Say Hey Johnny Ray on Mar 16, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s trying the mound. They’ve done this several times as a last attempt to make something of a prospect who’s floundering.

One way to tell, if you can locate him at Pirate City, is the pants. Pitchers wear white pants, position players light gray.

You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts.

by WTM on Mar 16, 2011 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Right. I wondered about that too. I didn’t see him anywhere today.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Mar 16, 2011 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions

He's not a really big guy and he's a righty but its certainly possible

What was the scouting report on his arm?

http://bleedblackandgold.com/

by Say Hey Johnny Ray on Mar 16, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ve seen him. He has a strong arm.

You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts.

by WTM on Mar 16, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Just talked to stark. Brito is now a pitcher.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Mar 17, 2011 2:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Huh

Would be a nice little story if he makes it, even just to the upper minors.

by JRoth95 on Mar 17, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Wouldn’t it be cool if we found out Brian Bixler was also being moved to pitcher by whatever-the-hell team he’s with now?

You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts.

by WTM on Mar 17, 2011 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

.391/.500/.739 Only 2 strikeouts in 23 AB! Bixler is a monster.

by ElDuce on Mar 17, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for posting this, Charlie.

The most interesting part of this is always which guys they’ve brought to camp from the foreign leagues. The noteworthy guys are probably Garcia, Herrand, Hanson, Ozuna and Urena. It’s very hard to tell, though, because performance with players so young says almost nothing just yet.

You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts.

by WTM on Mar 16, 2011 8:20 PM EDT reply actions

There are some cool names on these guys.

Free your ass and your mind will follow.

by cocktailsfor2 on Mar 16, 2011 8:26 PM EDT reply actions

It’s a shame Ericdavis Marquez was released last week.

by biggyv on Mar 16, 2011 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

Free your ass and your mind will follow.

by cocktailsfor2 on Mar 16, 2011 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Wilson Lee and Jackson Lodge

Are also teenage international players. Charlie pointed out the Latin guys in the post, but they’re both out of Australia. They both had birthdays in December. Lee is now 19 and Lodge just turned 17.

by ElDuce on Mar 16, 2011 11:36 PM EDT reply actions

Right. The reason I focused on the Latin guys was because the release of the minor-league camp roster is our first chance to find out which players are being called up (or are skipping) the DSL and VSL. I guess the same is theoretically true of the Australian guys, but there’s generally the assumption that they’ll be here relatively quickly after signing, whereas it might take a couple years in the case of the Latin players.

There’s also Neverauskas and Lukashevich (who appear to be friends, judging from what I saw today).

by Charlie Wilmoth on Mar 16, 2011 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions