Minor League Assignments

by cwhitman412 on Mar 27, 2025 3:55 PM EDT Comment 47 comments

So, I thought this would be a good place to designate where minor league players have been assigned to start the season. Post any other assignments you want and discuss any controversial ones such as the Castro to A+ of last year. Ones I know for sure:

Jason Heyward - Majors

Stephen Strasberg - AA

Drew Storen - AA

Yonder Alonso - AAA

Carlos Santana - AAA

Hector Rondon - AAA

Jeanmar Gomez - AAA

Nick Weglarz - AA

Jacob Turner - A

Aaron Crow - AA

Pedro Alvarez - AAA

Jose Tabata - AAA

Dustin Ackley - AA

Starlin Castro - AA

Scott Elbert - AAA

Chris Carter - AAA

Vin Mazzaro - AAA

Derek Holland - AAA

Daniel Schlereth - AAA

Alexi Ogando - AA

Brandon Snyder - AAA

Pedro Floriman - AA

Josh Bell - AAA

Jon Jay - AAA

John Gaub - AAA

Andrew Miller - AAA

Francisco Peguero - A+

Michael Kirkman - AAA

Tyler Flowers - AAA

Jhoulys Chacin - AAA

Jess Todd - AAA

Chris Heisey - AAA

Danny Valencia - AAA

Ryan Strieby - AAA

Audy Ciriaco - AA

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Scott Elbert - AAA

by jar75 on Mar 27, 2025 5:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Starlin Castro- AA

by timh815 on Mar 27, 2025 6:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

actually, AAA last I heard...

unless you saw something more recent

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/2114341,CST-SPT-csep21.article

by PrincetonCubs on Mar 28, 2025 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he's been working wit hthe AA squad

at least, according to some of AzPhil’s latest reports.

by toonsterwu on Mar 28, 2025 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by cwhitman412 on Mar 27, 2025 6:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmm, I'm mildly surprised Turner isn't starting in A+

by jar75 on Mar 27, 2025 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jonathon Lucroy - AA

Thus Angel Salome - AAA

by NoahJ on Mar 27, 2025 7:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Interesting.

by cwhitman412 on Mar 27, 2025 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure these are official, but they're expected

Austin Jackson - Majors
Scott Sizemore - Majors
Fernando Martinez - AAA

by jar75 on Mar 27, 2025 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jackson's won the CF job

Apparently there’s some question about Sizemore, but I’d bet money on it.

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Mar 29, 2025 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Orioles

Josh Bell - AAA
Brandon Snyder - AAA
Luis Lebron - AA

Still interested to see where Jason Berken and David Hernandez go.

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by ravensfan3 on Mar 27, 2025 8:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hernandez

Is looking like he may win #5 starter job.

by cwhitman412 on Mar 27, 2025 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm fine with that

We won’t contend this year and more Triple-A time can’t hurt Tillman.

Like I wrote about here: http://oriolesprospects.com/2010/03/14/rays-know-how-to-handle-pitching-prospects/

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by ravensfan3 on Mar 28, 2025 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ackley in AA

His bat is ready but I’m somewhat surprised they didn’t start him in A+ ball to work out the kinks at 2B.

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by Gobroks on Mar 27, 2025 9:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

High Desert the M's A+ level team plays in the most hitter friendly park in the minors

I wouldn’t want him to get within 100 miles of that place considering it would most likely be a detriment to his development than a help. The M’s are really hurting themselves by having a minor league affiliate play there.

by Scrupio on Mar 27, 2025 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

However

It builds confidence.

by cwhitman412 on Mar 27, 2025 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does he need confidence? More than he would get in AA?

Some scouts have said he could hold his own with the bat in the majors right now. I would think he would pick up bad habits from playing in High Desert.

by Scrupio on Mar 27, 2025 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think High Desert could be good

He could focus on his defense and still be able to handle A+ pitching. In AA it’s likely he’ll slump and that could interfere with his focus on his defense

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by Gobroks on Mar 28, 2025 2:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Likely he'll slump?

What makes you say that? He’s been described as one of the best pure hitter to be drafted in the last decade. At this point I think he’ll do just fine against AA pitching.

by Scrupio on Mar 28, 2025 3:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Most hitters & pitchers go through slumps in there first year in pro baseball

I don’t think he’ll go “Lars Anderson” but I do think there will be an adjustment period where he won’t hit as well as he’s used to

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by Gobroks on Mar 28, 2025 3:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone else surprised Holland was sent to AAA?

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by ravensfan3 on Mar 28, 2025 1:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

nope

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by Kinslerhomer on Mar 28, 2025 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

why?

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by ravensfan3 on Mar 28, 2025 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Got a late start

after a tweaked knee, then Wilson and Harrison both pitched really well and he still needs refinement of his change and curveball. And if Hunter didn’t get hurt he would have had even less a chance.

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by Kinslerhomer on Mar 28, 2025 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you think he's first in line if someone goes down?

That’s my interpretation. They didn’t really consider him as a reliever. I guess if McCarthy has a hot start he could change that… and obviously, when Hunter comes back it could change, too.

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by alskor on Mar 29, 2025 2:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hunter would have the first shot if he's healthy at that point

but then it would very likely be Holland. B-Mac needs needs a few months to work on his new sinker and cutter.

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by Kinslerhomer on Mar 29, 2025 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ian Desmond to the Majors.

Starting at SS.

NL ROY.

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by Frederick0220 on Mar 28, 2025 1:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

awesome

i’m really pleased with that. Washington’s making some good strides. 2010 is still “building”, but 2011 could start to get interesting.

by toonsterwu on Mar 28, 2025 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and by "interesting"

I assume you mean “might have aspirations of contending for third place”

by mrkupe on Mar 28, 2025 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

considering the mainstream media slobbering over Heyward already

He’d have to outperform Heyward by a huge margin to overcome the bias most voters already have towards voting for Heyward.

by jibs on Mar 28, 2025 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.

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by Frederick0220 on Mar 29, 2025 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

pitchers that might skip a level

Simon Castro — AA (this is pretty much a lock)
Jordan Lyles — AA (no definitive info, but a recent article said this is “likely”)
Shelby Miller — High-A (currently pitching for Hi-A team in Spring Training)

though these would all be very aggressive assignments, I think Lyles starting at AA would be especially noteworthy…he’ll be pitching all of next season at age 19

by milkmanmax on Mar 28, 2025 3:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Castro At AA

I’d love to see him dominate, then get a Sept callup.
Miller at High A is also very interesting. I don’t think it’s that smart of an idea though.

by cwhitman412 on Mar 28, 2025 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was a little surprised they never brought him up last year

Castro’s numbers in A ball were pretty astounding - It wasn’t just that he struck out close to 10 batters per game, while walking less than 3, but that those numbers were weakened by a slow start. If you take out his first three games, he had a 147:26 K:BB over 129 IP, or a strikeout rate above 10 and a walk rate below 2. That doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll succeed in the majors, but I would have expected him to at least get a shot at A+ ball.

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by OldProspects on Mar 29, 2025 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

These are all very interesting.

A little bit of refinement with Lyles’ stuff with land him in the top 10 overall prospects, easy.

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by Frederick0220 on Mar 29, 2025 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Easy? Nah.

For Lyles to land in the top ten, he better pick up 3-5 mph on his fastball, and pull a damn good breaking ball out of nowhere. Command of a decent fastball might be enough to baffle A-ball hitters, but it gets a bit harder as you move up.

by PissedMick on Mar 29, 2025 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then how come more guys don't do it?

The last time we’ve had this discussion is with Bumgarner - it is of course very early, he certainly seemed to have success at higher levels, even with his fastball declining in velocity

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by OldProspects on Mar 29, 2025 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by RoyalsRetro on Mar 29, 2025 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that is one heckuva rotation

wow… i guess barring setbacks, they’ll all move up together too?

by daveh33 on Mar 29, 2025 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah....

then John “Son of Sam” Lamb will move up to High-A.

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by Frederick0220 on Mar 29, 2025 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow Blackburn makes nearly identical money as Baker does now....

by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Mar 29, 2025 1:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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by alskor on Mar 29, 2025 2:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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