Your 2010 Brevard County Manatees -- Latest: Scarpetta talks about improved control

[Mass Haas]

A more official link to the Brevard site should be forthcoming, but the Manatees have released a roster. Note that unlike the Nashville and Huntsville rosters, which still have to be reduced by one by Thursday, the Brevard roster has room for one more (both A-ball roster limits are 25, unlike AAA and AA, 24.)

Starters
RHP Michael Fiers -- that's pretty exciting, Fiers to the rotation
RHP Wily Peralta
LHP Dan Merklinger
RHP Cody Scarpetta
RHP Trey Watten / LHP Brandon Ritchie (some sort of tag-team, it appears)

Bullpen
RHP Ruben "Buddy" Flores
LHP Evan Frederickson
RHP Corey Frerichs
RHP Nick Green (closer)
LHP Lucas Luetge
LHP Daniel Meadows
RHP Nick Tyson

Catchers
Martin Maldonado
Anderson De La Rosa
Mike Roberts

Infield
1B Brock Kjeldgaard
MI Sergio Miranda
SS Brent Brewer
IF Matt Cline
IF Juan Sanchez

Outfield
Kentrail Davis
Erik Miller
Erik Komatsu

Suspended list -- RHP Jeremy Jeffress

[Mass Haas]

Two Erik's (with a "K") in the outfield...

 

Outside of Kjeldgaard, the infielders are pretty flexible position-wise.

 

Evan Frederickson reduced to middle relief, not what Jack Z. expected at this point. Here's hoping for the top-of-that-2008-draft combo of Lawrie - Odorizzi, because Frederickson -- Seth Lintz -- Cutter Dykstra -- Cody Adams completed the picks through the first two rounds, and they may pan out some day, but it's at best mostly cloudy right now for their forecasts...

[And That]

With the Brevard roster released, we are officially in to year two of "Where is Josh Romanski?"

 

Cutter Dykstra not ending up on a full-season roster is a little heartbreaking. Have to feel for the guy, with all his dad's troubles.

 

Mike Brownstein or Brandon Sizemore would look good on this roster. Maybe we'll see one or the other back from Arizona soon. They won't be a man under the limit for long.

 

Moving Fiers in to the rotation is a pretty fascinating move, though I hope they think he has a chance to stick there because he's pretty old to be in A-ball. If it doesn't work, he should be relieving in AA soon.

 

Trey Watten is a good sleeper prospect.

[battlekow]

And That wroteat

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With the Brevard roster released, we are officially in to year two of "Where is Josh Romanski?"

That's a great question. Apart from Lawrie and Odorizzi, whom everyone expected to be good, Logan Schafer is really salvaging that draft right now.

[Tedaldtada]

And That wrote:

Cutter Dykstra not ending up on a full-season roster is a little heartbreaking. Have to feel for the guy, with all his dad's troubles.

Along with Cutter, I was hoping Max Walla would play full season ball somewhere. Hopefully he rips up Helena.

[TheCrew07]

Wow, Fiers to the rotation... I wonder if that's to give him more pitches to work on something specific. I'm not surprised about Frederickson, we heard such good things coming out of instructs but his results in the spring training boxscores still left quite a bit to be desired, he just doesn't throw enough strikes. The tag team is a bit of a surprise as well, unless Watten didn't get stretched out enough.

 

It's too bad about Dykstra, but the writing was on the wall when he didn't make the WI roster to start the season, unless of course he's hurt.

[Mass Haas]

Nice that we'll have 15 Manatees broadcasts from a "home team" broadcast perspective, in addition to the few we get from other FSL teams. If I had to (rough) guess, perhaps 40 broadcasts total (out of 140 games) will be available in some form or other.

[TooLiveBrew]

I see Josh Prince is listed as being with BC in the player index, but he's not listed in this thread. Is he hurt/on the DL?

[TheCrew07]

It just occurred to me that Seidel isn't listed on any rosters either, which is curious. It seems we have some talented players who should be playing in WI or above not on any rosters at the moment.

 

edit. I had that post which BK linked and had totally forgotten about it, it's hard to get anything past Mass.

[battlekow]

I see Josh Prince is listed as being with BC in the player index, but he's not listed in this thread. Is he hurt/on the DL?

Prince is indeed injured, but we have no specifics.

[paul253]

In all honesty there isn't a whole about about that roster that I am excited about. Scarpetta and Peralta are two of my favorite pitching prospects, and I am interested to see how Kentrail Davis does so I will follow those three, but offensively just not a whole lot of top notch prospects. I am actually a little surprised Brett Lawrie isn't playing in BC.

[sfl2hnq17]

does the 2008 draft appear to be a letdown at this point considering the amount of picks in the top 100ish we had (6 I believe) and the only 3 who have my confidence of the early part of that draft is Brett Lawrie, Jake-O, and Logan Schafer. Maybe it is just me.

[DHonks]

Romanski better take the mound, or else he'll be remembered as the best DH Helena has seen lately.

[TheCrew07]

does the 2008 draft appear to be a letdown at this point considering the amount of picks in the top 100ish we had (6 I believe) and the only 3 who have my confidence of the early part of that draft is Brett Lawrie, Jake-O, and Logan Schafer. Maybe it is just me.

Frederickson, Dykstra, Lintz, and Adams sure don't make the top of that draft look very good today. The most disappointing part of the draft from my point of view is not the HS kids, you'll miss on a bunch of those guys, it's the reported pre draft velocities of Adams and Frederickson that suddenly disappeared once they started pitching professionally, or maybe never had at all in games and just flashed at the workouts.

 

There are still many players outside of Lawrie and Odorizzi having success; Bowman, Schafer, Lasker, Wooten (though injured), Bucci, Krestalude, Ritchie, and Meadows. It's certainly not a bad draft today, but it had the potential to be a franchise changing draft. If 1 or 2 of the 4 players I led off with break out then the draft suddenly becomes very intriguing.

[filthyfrog]

Wow, I hate to say it, but yuck. There are literally only three players on this roster I care about. I sure hope Prince's injury isn't serious.

[SpaceCoastBaseball]

Just a quick note to let people know that I've started posting Manatees videos on SpaceCoastBaseball.com. They're in the VIDEOS column on the left of the home page.

 

The second of fifteen webcasts is Thursday April 15 with the pre-game show at 6:50 PM EDT. You can get to the webcast through the SpaceCoastBaseball.com home page. We had some technical issues in the last webcast thanks to MLB Advanced Media. Hopefully it won't happen again, but I know other teams are suffering too. I archive the recordings on my laptop computer so the archives will be posted the next day on SpaceCoastBaseball.com if you want to hear a replay.

[battlekow]

Just a quick note to let people know that I've started posting Manatees videos on SpaceCoastBaseball.com. They're in the VIDEOS column on the left of the home page.

The alligator video was pretty amusing. Who was that imitating the alligator sounds? It looked like he was wearing #35, but the Manatees don't list a #35 on their roster.

[BrewCrew Fan]

That was Dwayne Hosey.

[battlekow]

That was Dwayne Hosey.

Ah, thanks. I was gonna guess Hosey because he didn't have a number listed, but he looked too young. Mrs. Hosey should be proud.

[sheetskout]

Does anyone know what the deal is with Kentrail Davis. He went on the 7-day DL, came off and had 11 AB's or so, and hasn't played in a few games. Is he injured again?

[battlekow]

Does anyone know what the deal is with Kentrail Davis. He went on the 7-day DL, came off and had 11 AB's or so, and hasn't played in a few games. Is he injured again?

He was injured either on a HBP or shortly thereafter on the bases. If you check out the Link Reports, we've been monitoring it on a daily basis.

[Mass Haas]

BrewCrewBall pointed this out today.

 

The Manatees had a 30-minute TV show run in late April. You Tube has it broken into three segments.

 

Segment one features Manager Bob Miscik, segment two has a nice tour of SpaceCoast Stadium (wonderful major-league level facilities for the Nationals' spring training, just first-class all the way) and pitching lessons from now Brewer interim bullpen coach Fred Dabney (emphasis on poise and mound prescence). Segment three are chats with Cody Scarpetta and GM Kyle Smith, and a quick minute getting to know infielder Matt Cline.

[Mass Haas]

A "for friends and family" post --

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Brevard County Top 8th

• Brock Kjeldgaard called out on strikes.
  
• Juan Sanchez singles on a ground ball to shortstop Jose Pirela.
  
• Erik Miller strikes out swinging.
  
• Anderson De La Rosa lines out to first baseman Trent Lockwood.

[battlekow]

From the Rockford Register Star, another article on the many talented members of Cody Scarpetta's family, this one featuring some quotes from Cody.

[battlekow]

Manatees press release:

Milwaukee extends player development contract with Brevard County through 2012

 

VIERA, Fla. --- The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that they have extended their player development contract (PDC) with the Brevard County Manatees of the Class-A Advanced Florida State League, through the 2012 season. The Manatees are owned and operated by Central Florida Baseball Group, LLC.

 

"We are excited for the opportunity to continue our relationship with the Brewers, who are a class act top to bottom," Central Florida Baseball Group Chairman Dr. Tom Winters said.

 

The Manatees, located in Viera, Fla., have had a PDC with the Brewers since 2005. The club has previously been affiliated with the Florida Marlins (1994-2001) and the Montreal Expos (2002-2004).

 

"We are very excited to extend our player development contract with the Milwaukee Brewers," Brevard County Manatees General Manager Kyle Smith said. "We are glad to be able to continue grooming the young talent in the Brewers organization and also providing professional baseball to Brevard County."

 

Five players on Milwaukee's 2010 Opening Day roster played for the Manatees. OF Ryan Braun (2006), SS Alcides Escobar (2006-07), RHP Yovani Gallardo (2006), LHP Manny Parra (2006) and RHP Carlos Villanueva (2005) have all made a stop at Brevard County on their way to the majors.

 

"We are pleased to extend our working relationship with the Brevard County Manatees and their management team," said Brewers Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Melvin. "Brevard County has provided the important resources and environment needed to develop and prepare our young players for future success in the organization and the relationship continues to work well for our needs.? "

 

For more information on the Brevard County Manatees, visit manateesbaseball.com.