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| Tucson Padres Announce 2011 Roster |
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| On the Farm - Tucson Padres | |||
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| Sunday, 03 April 2011 11:31 | |||
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The roster is attached in pdf format. Below is a short bio for each player reporting to Tucson:
Catchers Luis Martinez –Catcher Born: 4/3/1985 Hometown: Miami, FL
Added to Padres 40-man roster on 11/19/2010…. Hit .282 in 106 Double-A games last year…. Originally a 12th round pick in 2007 First-Year Player Draft.
Guillermo Quiroz – Catcher Born: 11/29/1981 Hometown: Maracaibo, VZ
13th professional season…. Major league time with TOR, SEA, TEX, BAL…. Voted best defensive catcher in the Triple-A International League in 2004…. Originally signed by Blue Jays in 1998…. Has 98 career professional home runs.
Infielders Jesus Guzman – Third Base/First Base Born: 6/14/1984 Hometown: Caracas, VEN
Played for Triple-A Fresno last season, hitting .321 with 18 HR and 72 RBI…. Played 12 games for San Francisco in 2009, going 3-for-9 as a pinch hitter for the Giants…. Has also played in the Mariners and Athletics organizations.
Everth Cabrera – Shortstop/Second Base Born: 11/17/1986 Hometown: Nandaime, Nicaragua
Has played 179 major league games with San Diego…. One of three major league home runs was a walk-off grand slam against Mets’ closer Francisco “K-Rod” Rodriguez on 8/7/2009…. Named 2009 Professional Sports Athlete of the Year in Nicaragua….. Was only 11th Nicaraguan player ever in Major League Baseball.
Logan Forsythe – Second Base/Shortstop Born: 1/14/1987 Hometown: Memphis, TN
Padres supplemental first round pick in 2008.... Played second base for the first time last season for Double-A San Antonio…. Padres 13th best prospect according to Baseball America…. Very patient hitter, in 2009 had second most walks in all of Minor League Baseball (109).
Anthony Rizzo – First Base Born: 8/8/1989 Hometown: Parkland, FL
One of four players acquired from Red Sox in trade that sent Adrian Gonzalez from San Diego to Boston…. Rated Padres second best prospect by Baseball America…. Led Red Sox minor league system in home runs (25) in 2010…. Limited to 28 games in 2008 after being diagnosed with Limited Stage Classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Andy Parrino – Infield Born: 10/31/1985 Hometown: Brockport, NY
Double-A Texas League All-Star last season…. 2008 Single-A Midwest League All-Star for Fort Wayne…. Played six different positions for Double-A San Antonio last season.
Outfielders Matt Clark – Outfield Born: 12/10/1986 Hometown: Riverside, CA
Padres 12th round choice in 2008 First Year Player Draft…. Led Double-A San Antonio in home runs last year with 28.
Luis Durango – Outfield Born: 4/23/1986 Hometown: Panama City, Panama
Seventh professional season…. Rated fastest baserunner in Padres organization by Baseball America in 2010…. Batted .545 in nine major league games for the Padres in 2009…. Played for Panama in 2009 World Baseball Classic…. Won 2007 Northwest League batting title (.378) and 2006 AZL Rookie League batting title (.342).
Aaron Cunningham – Outfield Born: 4/24/1986 Hometown: Laveen, AZ
Seventh professional season…. 98 career MLB games with Oakland and San Diego…. Has three home runs and 35 RBI in MLB career…. First Padres hit was a grand slam vs. Toronto 6/15/2010…. Has been traded three times – White Sox to Diamondbacks in June of 2007, Diamondbacks to Athletics in December of 2007, Athletics to Padres in January of 2010.
Dan Payne – Outfield Born: 9/8/1985 Hometown: Woodstock, GA
Padres first round pick (64th overall) in 2007 First Year Player Draft. Bobby Kielty - Outfield Born: 8/5/1976 Hometown: Fontana, CA
Seven seasons in major leagues with Athletics, Twins, Blue Jays and Red Sox…. Went 1-for-1 with a home run in the 2007 World Series for Boston.
Starting Pitchers Wade LeBlanc – Pitcher Born: 8/7/1984 Hometown: Lake Charles, LA
Parts of the last three seasons with the Padres, including 25 major league starts last year…. Had 110 strikeouts and only 51 walks in 2010…. Had eight pickoffs, second most in MLB last year…. Had second most strikeouts (139) in Pacific Coast League in 2008…. Originally selected in the second round of 2006 Draft by San Diego.
Will Inman – Pitcher Born: 2/6/1987 Hometown: Danville, VA
Made 11 starts for Triple-A Portland last year, posting a 3.61 ERA…. In 2006 for Single-A West Virginia, led all of Minor League Baseball in ERA (1.71).
Josh Geer – Pitcher Born: 6/2/1983 Hometown: Forney, TX
2007 Padres Minor League Pitcher of the Year…. Pitched in 35 career major league games, all with San Diego.
Simon Castro - Pitcher Born: 4/9/1988 Hometown: San Jose de los Llanos, Dominican Republic
Padres number three prospect according to Baseball America…. Split last season between Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Portland…. Threw a seven-inning no-hitter for Single-A Fort Wayne on 8/18/2009 against Dayton….. Led the Single-A Midwest League in strikeouts (157) in 2009….. Named the 2009 Padres Minor League Pitcher of the Year.
Jeremy Hefner – Pitcher Born: 3/11/1986 Hometown: Perkins, OK
Led the Double-A Texas League in innings (167.2) and was second in strikeouts (115) in 2010…. Named to Texas League’s mid-season and post-season All-Star teams…. Originally a 10th round pick of the Padres in the 2007 amateur draft.
Relievers Jon Leicester – Pitcher Born: 2/7/1979 Hometown: Mariposa, CA
First year in Padres organization…. Major league time with Orioles and Cubs. Randy Flores – Pitcher Born: 7/31/1975 Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ
Signed by Padres in February of 2011…. Has pitched eight seasons in the major leagues, with TEX, COL, STL, and MIN…. Winning pitcher in Game Seven of the 2006 NLCS for Cardinals against Mets…. Pitched a scoreless inning in 2006 World Series for STL.
Aaron Poreda – Pitcher Born: 10/1/1986 Hometown: Moraga, CA
Has pitched in 14 major league games, posting a 2.70 ERA…. Acquired by Padres with LHP Clayton Richard and two other pitchers from CWS in exchange for RHP Jake Peavy in 2009…. Threw a five-inning, rain-shortened no-hitter for Double-A Birmingham 5/4/2009.
Luis Perdomo – Pitcher Born: 4/27/1984 Hometown: San Cristobal, DR
Struck out seven batters 7/25/2009 at WSH, tied for most in a game by a major league reliever in 2009…. Spent all of 2009 in the major leagues with the Padres, pitching in 35 games, striking out 55 and walking 34…. Has also pitched in Indians and Cardinals organizations.
Greg Burke – Pitcher Born: 9/21/1982 Hometown: Camden, NJ
Seventh professional season….. Pitched in 48 major league games with Padres in 2009, going 3-3 with a 4.14 ERA…. Double-A Texas League All-Star in 2008…… Undrafted out of college, signed with independent Atlantic City Surf of the Atlantic League in 2005.
Scott Munter –Pitcher Born: 3/7/1980 Hometown: Omaha, NE
Pitched in 49 games for Triple-A Portland last season, posting a 2.66 ERA…. Spent parts of three seasons in the major leagues with the Giants, pitching in 84 games…. Has also pitched in the Tampa Bay Rays and Colorado Rockies organizations.
Evan Scribner – Pitcher Born: 7/19/1985 Hometown: Washington Depot, CT
Double-A Texas League All-Star led league in appearances (57) and games finished (36)…. Acquired by Padres in exchange for INF Tony Clark in 2008…. Originally signed by Diamondbacks in 2007 out of Central Connecticut State University.
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TUCSON, AZ - The Tucson Padres, in conjunction with the San Diego Padres, have announced the club's 2011 Opening Day roster. The inaugural team in Tucson Padres history includes top prospects like Anthony Rizzo and Simon Castro, as well as proven major league veterans like Bobby Kielty and Randy Flores.