Minor League Spring Breakout Debut: March 14-17 2024

[Joseph Zarr]

 It would appear MLB is creating a new Minor League feature to draw more attention to the prospects we all love following.

Details HERE

The Crew's Top 20-30 prospects will face the Royals Top 20-30 Sunday March 17th at 4:05 pm EST.

 

[CheeseheadInQC]

It will be interesting to see what the rosters look like. Personally I would put the lineup like this (and I realize there likely won't be 18 position players, but I gave everyone a backup for symmetry):

C: Quero. Backup: Wood

1B: Black. Backup: Clarke

2B: Brown. Backup: Dunn

SS: Pratt. Backup: Areinamo

3B: Wilken. Backup: Bitonti

OF: Chourio. Backup: O'Rae

OF: Lara. Backup: Carlos Rodriguez

OF: Yophery Rodriguez. Backup: Roller

DH: Adams. Backup: Boeve

Pitchers (Assuming they do one per inning)

1. Misiorowski

2. Gasser

3. Rodriguez

4. Knoth

5. Henderson

6. Blaylock

CL. Shane Smith

Alt. Aquino

Alt. Cornielle

Alt. Birchard

Notes: 

1. You could make a case for Navarreto as the backup catcher, but the Brewers won't do it for the optics of putting a multiple time minor league free agent in a top prospects game roster.

2. Baez was easily the toughest one to leave out. Di Turi and Guilarte would probably be next.

3. I was going to put a second true reliever as an alternate on the pitching staff but couldn't decide who. Tons of players who could break out, but Smith is the only one who stands out from the crowd at this point for me. If you want to argue for Yeager or Andrews or Horub or Small or Yoho or Yerlin Rodriguez, you might be right. If he's healthy, I'm not entirely convinced it isn't Chirino.

4. Roller got the final backup outfield slot because he's on the 40-man, but if you want to argue for Perez or Collins or Campbell or, heck, Pedro Ibarguen, you could probably convince me.

[Ro Mueller]

Good analysis there. I think Dunn’s nearly 2 years older than any other position player (despite barely playing above AA ball), so maybe he’ll sit this one out in favor of Daniel Guilarte. We’ll see.

Something tells me Tanner Shears will likely be part of this.