2009 Minor League Depth Chart

Here is an up-to-date minor league depth chart. Again, this is not set in stone. While Columbus and Akron look pretty set aside from a few potential changes to the bullpen, the Kinston and Lake County lineups could look a lot different when spring training breaks. The bullpens in particular at Kinston and Lake County should be a highly contested camp battle this spring as there are a lot of good candidates to fill the roles.

02/03/2009 Update: Changed Matt McBride to the outfield and added newly acquired Mickey Hall to the outfield. Also, note, while Alex Castillo is listed as the starting Kinston catcher and Brian Juhl the backup, others like Michael Valadez, Doug Pickens, and Richard Martinez have just as god a chance to fill either spot in Kinston. Should make for a great camp battle this spring.

* Last updated 02/03/2009

Lineup	Columbus (AAA)	Akron (AA)	Kinston (A+)	Lake County (A)
OF	Matt LaPorta	John Drennen	Roman Pena	Bo Greenwell
OF	Michael Brantley	Mickey Hall	Matt McBride	Tim Fedroff
OF	Trevor Crowe	Nick Weglarz	Matt Brown	Ryan Blair
1B	Jordan Brown	Beau Mills	Dustin Realini	Chris Nash
2B	Luis Valbuena	Josh Rodriguez	Cord Phelps	Isaias Velasquez
SS	Jesus Merchan	Carlos Rivero	Mark Thompson	Lonnie Chisenhall
3B	Wes Hodges	Jared Goedert	Jeremie Tice	Abner Abreu
C	Wyatt Toregas	Carlos Santana	Alex Castillo	Nate Recknagel
DH	Michael Aubrey	Todd Martin	Lucas Montero	Adam Abraham
Bench	Chris Gimenez	Armando Camacaro	Brian Juhl	Robbie Alcombrack
Bench	Stephen Head	Jerad Head	Cirilo Cumberbatch	Brock Simpson
Bench	Wilson Valdez	Jose Constanza	Ronald Rivas	John Allman
Bench			Karexon Sanchez	Walter Diaz
Pitchers	Columbus (AAA)	Akron (AA)	Kinston (A+)	Lake County (A)
SP	David Huff	Hector Rondon	Kelvin De La Cruz	Zach Putnam
SP	Scott Lewis	Jeanmar Gomez	Ryan Miller	Bryce Stowell
SP	Jeremy Sowers	Steven Wright	Eric Berger	Alexander Perez
SP	Frank Herrmann	Kevin Dixon	Joey Mahalic	Danny Salazar
SP	Tomo Ohka	Carlton Smith	Ryan Morris	T.J. McFarland
RP	Scott Roehl	Matt Meyer	Kyle Landis	Russell Young
RP	John Meloan	Erik Stiller	Chen-Chang Lee	Dave Roberts
RP	Tony Sipp	Josh Tomlin	Paolo Espino	Brad Hinkle
RP	Ryan Edell	Chuck Lofgren	Dallas Cawiezell	Marty Popham
RP	Adam Miller	Michael Finocchi	Jonathan Holt	Wilfredo Ramirez
RP	Rich Rundles	Neil Wagner	Josh Judy	Anillins Martinez
CL	Randy Newsom	Vinnie Pestano	Mike Pontius	Michael McGuire
	Extended Spring Training (some will be released)
	Rob Bryson (RHP) (rehab)	Kyle Landis (RHP)	Jose Camargo (INF)
	Trey Haley (RHP)	Carlos Moncrief RHP	Jansy Infante (INF)
	Jacob Reust (RHP)	Gary Campfield RHP	Jeff Hehr (INF)
	Santo Frias (RHP)	T.J. House (LHP)	Kevin Fontanez (INF)
	Clayton Cook (RHP)	Franklin Soto (LHP)	Lurvin Basabe (INF)
	Moises Montero (RHP)	Kaimi Mead (LHP)	Brock Simpson (IF/OF)
	Alexander Morales (RHP)	Candido Jesus (LHP)	Cristo Arnal (INF)
	Gregorio Rosario (RHP)	Chris Jones (LHP)	Jason Smit (INF)
	Joanniel Montero (RHP)	Russell Young (LHP)	Andy Cannizaro (INF)
	Joe Ness (RHP)	Garrett Rieck (LHP)	Brandon Pinckney (INF)
	P.J. Zoccho (RHP)	Jose Urena (LHP)	Matthew Willard (INF)
	Travis Turek (RHP)	Shawn Nottingham (LHP)	Trent Baker (OF)
	Matthew Langwell (RHP)	Heath Taylor (LHP)	Kevin Rucker (OF)
	Denny Montero (RHP)	Roberto Perez ©	Tim Palincsar (OF)
	Sandy Mendez (RHP)	Chun Chen ©	Donnie Webb (OF)
	Jose Jimenez (RHP)	Doug Pickens ©	Angel Rodriguez (OF)
	Steve Smith (RHP)	Damaso Espino ©	Jesus Brito (OF)
	Guido Fonseca (RHP)	Michael Valadez ©	Delvi Cid (OF)
	Eddie Burns (RHP)	Adam Davis ©	Jason Denham (OF)
	Brian Grening (RHP)	Richard Martinez ©	Juan Valdes (OF)
	Juan Diaz (RHP)	Juan Aponte ©	Donnie Webb (OF)
	Sung-Wei Tseng (RHP)	Rafael Vera (INF)	Adam White (OF)