2009 Minor League Depth Chart
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November 17, 2008
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Okay, here is the first crack at a depth chart for 2009. It should be noted that this is a first draft, and this listing should change over the course of the next few months. Also, the look of this chart will be cleaned up more down the road to make it easier to read. As always, this will be housed in the resource section for quick reference.
Some quick comments:
- Buffalo and Akron lineups are pretty much set. The one lineup which is tough to predict is Lake County, and the reason for that is that it is unknown what 2008 draft picks will go to Lake County and which ones will go on to Kinston. Typically, some of the higher round college picks skip Low-A and go right to High-A. I think Phelps is all but certain to start in Kinston, while I have Tice in Kinston mainly because of Abreu's presence in Lake County and not because I think Tice is ready for High-A.
- Lots of catchers to sort through for Lake County, and the backup situation at catcher in Kinston, Akron, and even Buffalo.
- Barring trades, injuries, Rule 5, or these guys sticking with the big league team out of camp, I believe this is your 2009 Columbus opening day pitching staff.
- Should be interesting to see if Lofgren starts or relieves, and where he opens the season. Due to depth at Columbus, he could open in Akron and move up to Columbus in May/June.
- Will also be interesting to see how the starters are handled in Kinston. De la Cruz, Berger and Mahalic should be locks for the rotation, but one of Archer, Miller, and Morris looks destined for the bullpen.
- I have no idea right now where Stowell will start, so I have him a bubble Kinston/Lake County guy.
- Bullpen in Lake County is wide open, and should be a tough spring training battle.
Some quick comments:
- Buffalo and Akron lineups are pretty much set. The one lineup which is tough to predict is Lake County, and the reason for that is that it is unknown what 2008 draft picks will go to Lake County and which ones will go on to Kinston. Typically, some of the higher round college picks skip Low-A and go right to High-A. I think Phelps is all but certain to start in Kinston, while I have Tice in Kinston mainly because of Abreu's presence in Lake County and not because I think Tice is ready for High-A.
- Lots of catchers to sort through for Lake County, and the backup situation at catcher in Kinston, Akron, and even Buffalo.
- Barring trades, injuries, Rule 5, or these guys sticking with the big league team out of camp, I believe this is your 2009 Columbus opening day pitching staff.
- Should be interesting to see if Lofgren starts or relieves, and where he opens the season. Due to depth at Columbus, he could open in Akron and move up to Columbus in May/June.
- Will also be interesting to see how the starters are handled in Kinston. De la Cruz, Berger and Mahalic should be locks for the rotation, but one of Archer, Miller, and Morris looks destined for the bullpen.
- I have no idea right now where Stowell will start, so I have him a bubble Kinston/Lake County guy.
- Bullpen in Lake County is wide open, and should be a tough spring training battle.
Columbus | < Bubble > | Akron | < Bubble > | Kinston | < Bubble > | Lake County | < Bubble | |
| OF | Matt LaPorta | John Drennen | Roman Pena | Bo Greenwell | ||||
| OF | Michael Brantley | Jose Constanza | Lucas Montero | Tim Fedroff | ||||
| OF | Trevor Crowe | Nick Weglarz | Matt Brown | Ryan Blair | ||||
| 1B | Jordan Brown | Beau Mills | Chris Nash | Adam Abraham | ||||
| 2B | Josh Barfield | Josh Rodriguez | Cord Phelps | Jason Smit | ||||
| SS | Andy Cannizaro | Carlos Rivero | Mark Thompson | Lonnie Chisenhall | ||||
| 3B | Wes Hodges | Jared Goedert | Jeremie Tice | Abner Abreu | ||||
| C | Wyatt Toregas | Carlos Santana | Matt McBride | Robbie Alcombrack | ||||
| DH | Michael Aubrey | Ryan Goleski | Todd Martin | Dustin Realini | Nate Recknagel | |||
| Bench | Chris Gimenez | Damaso Espino | Brian Juhl | Alex Castillo | Michael Valadez | Doug Pickens | Chun Chen | Richard Martinez |
| Bench | Stephen Head | Armando Camacaro | Jerad Head | Adam White | Delvi Cid | John Allman | ||
| Bench | Brandon Pinckney | Cirilo Cumberbatch | Brock Simpson | Cristo Arnal | Isaias Velasquez | Walter Diaz | ||
| Bench | Karexon Sanchez | Ronald Rivas | ||||||
Columbus | < Bubble > | Akron | < Bubble > | Kinston | < Bubble > | Lake County | < Bubble | |
| SP | David Huff | Hector Rondon | Kelvin De La Cruz | T.J. McFarland | ||||
| SP | Scott Lewis | Jeanmar Gomez | Chris Archer | Chris Jones | ||||
| SP | Aaron Laffey | Steven Wright | Eric Berger | Alexander Perez | ||||
| SP | Kevin Dixon | Chuck Lofgren | Joey Mahalic | Danny Salazar | ||||
| SP | Frank Herrmann | Carlton Smith | Ryan Morris | Zach Putnam | ||||
| RP | Ryan Edell | Matt Meyer | Ryan Miller | Bryce Stowell | Carlos Arias | Garrett Rieck | ||
| RP | John Meloan | Erik Stiller | Shawn Nottingham | John Gaub | Gary Campfield | Dave Roberts | Guido Fonseca | |
| RP | Tony Sipp | Josh Tomlin | Sung-Wei Tseng | Paolo Espino | Kyle Landis | Brad Hinkle | Eddie Burns | |
| RP | Randy Newsom | Scott Roehl | Heath Taylor | Dallas Cawiezell | Russell Young | Marty Popham | Brian Grening | |
| RP | Adam Miller | Michael Finocchi | Jonathan Holt | Wilfredo Ramirez | Jose Urena | |||
| RP | Rich Rundles | Neil Wagner | Josh Judy | Anillins Martinez | Steve Smith | |||
| CL | Jeff Stevens | Vinnie Pestano | Mike Pontius | Michael McGuire | Juan Diaz | |||
| Extended ST | Projected Releases | |||||||
| Rob Bryson (RHP) (rehab) | Joanniel Montero (RHP) | |||||||
| T.J. House (LHP) | Adam Davis
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