2016 Instructional League

http://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2016/09/the-orioles-2016-instructional-league-roster.html

Pitchers: Keegan Akin, Brandon Bonilla, Xavier Borde, Jacob Bray, Garrett Cleavinger, Matt De La Rosa, Jose Diaz, Matthias Dietz, Cody Dube, Tyler Erwin, Ruben Garcia, Hector Guance, David Hess, Nick Jobst, Steven Klimek, Max Knutson, Jesus Liranzo, Ryan Meisinger, Ryan Moseley, Zack Muckenhirn, Tobias Myers, Jhon Peluffo, Ofelky Peralta, Luis Perez, Willie Rios, Yelin Rodriguez, Cody Sedlock, James Teague, Alexander Wells, Gillian Wernet.

Catchers: Daniel Fajardo, Alfredo Gonzalez, Stuart Levy, Alex Murphy, Chris Shaw.

Infielders: Carlos Baez, Chris Clare, Seamus Curran, Jaime Estrada, Alejandro Juvier, Kirvin Moesquit, Ryan Mountcastle, Irving Ortega, Preston Palmeiro, Jomar Reyes, Alexis Torres, Steve Wilkerson, Guiyuan (Itchy) Xu.

Outfielders: Cole Billingsley, Natanael Delgado, Jaylen Ferguson, Tristan Graham, Gerrion Grim, Austin Hays, Ryan McKenna, Cedric Mullins.

Rehab: Brenan Hanifee, Hunter Harvey, Branden Kline, Chris Lee, Lazaro Leyva.

No real surprises. They all come from different levels in the organization, with a few having played in Bowie.

I didn't realize we finally inked Bobby Bos kid. He has an arm.

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I didn't realize we finally inked Bobby Bos kid. He has an arm.

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Yeah he was last minute. Didn't hear much because he was dealing with an injury.

Let me preface this by saying I have no idea what the instructional leauge is all about other than the obvious title. But why isn't Sisco there if he needs to work on his defense?

Same reason he isn't playing winter league ball.

Catching takes a lot of a player.

His games caught jumped from 74 to 87.

Same reason he isn't playing winter league ball.

Catching takes a lot of a player.

His games caught jumped from 74 to 87.

True. His bat doesn't need the work. I'm sure the stuff he needs to work on he can probably do it in gym shorts minus the catching gear.

Let me preface this by saying I have no idea what the instructional leauge is all about other than the obvious title. But why isn't Sisco there if he needs to work on his defense?

Plus it's only about 2 weeks. This is mainly for new(er) players, for coaches to see what they have, or those that were injured or still coming back from an injury. There are already 5 catchers going.

I'd expect him to be a non-roster invitee to Spring Training to get some serious work there.