Players who will debut on Opening Day rosters

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While we wait for word on whether GRod has made our Opening Day roster, here’s a place to collect news on what other prospects have done so.  

The Yankees have announced that Anthony Volpe has made their roster as their starting SS.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35959790/yankees-top-prospect-anthony-volpe-makes-opening-day-roster

Nothing against him personally, but I’m praying he turns out to be badly overhyped.  

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Jordan Walker set to make Cardinals' Opening Day roster (mlb.com)

Jordan Walker looks like the real deal.  An absolute monster of a man!

Jordan Walker learns of MLB debut | 03/26/2023 | MLB.com

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24 players have made their debut in the first four days of the season, 12 hitters and 12 pitchers.   

Of the 12 hitters, two (Oscar Colas and Masataka Yoshida, have prior experience in the Japanese League, though Colas spent all of 2022 in the White Sox minor league system.  The other ten include the highly touted Jordan Walker and Anthony Volpe, plus Corey Julks HOU), Blake Sabol (SFG), Brice Turang (MIL), Joey Wiemer (MIL), Ryan Noda (OAK), Cesar Salazar (HOU), Nathan Lukes (TOR), and Brett Wisely (SFG).   So far as I know, Volpe and Walker were considered top 5 prospects while Colas, Tyrang and Wiemer were in the 80-100 range.  The others are not too 100 guys (Yoshida isn’t eligible).  In the early going, Noda, Salazar, Lukes, and Wisely  have strictly been bench guys.  It should be noted that Noda, Salazar, Julks and Lukes are all at least 27 years old.  

Of the 12 pitchers, 4 have started a game, the other 8 have been used in relief.  Two of the four starters are Japanese veterans (Kodai Senga and Shintaro Fujinami).  The others are Jhony Brito (NYY) and Jared Shuster (ATL).  Neither is a top 100 prospect, though Shuster was a no. 1 pick in 2020.   It’s possible we could see some other starter debuts as teams work their way through their rotations this week.

All info found here:  https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2023-debuts.shtml

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Shuster debuted yesterday for the Braves (not OD, but OD rotation spot).  Dodd will be debuting soon for them soon.  

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45 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Jared Shuster (ATL).  Neither is a top 100 prospect, though Shuster was a no. 1 pick in 2020.

Doh, sorry.  You had him...

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A Starter’s Pistol Update to the Top 100 Prospects List (and more), feat. Dylan Dodd | FanGraphs Baseball

Longenhagen made some updates on some of the guys who have debuted.  He's got Dodd with a FV 50 now.  

Board-Added Rookies on Active Rosters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	FV	Snippet
Dylan Dodd	SP	24.8	ATL	50	MLB-ready no. 4 SP, premium command.
Jared Shuster	SP	24.7	ATL	45	Plus changeup and command, below avg velo and slider.
Javier Assad	SP	25.7	CHC	45	Hard-throwing kitchen sink righty.
Miles Mastrobuoni	SS	27.4	CHC	40	Low-impact utility man with premium versatility.
Alec Burleson	RF	24.4	STL	45	Above avg contact and power, red flag build and plate discipline.
David Hensley	2B	27.0	HOU	40+	6-foot-6 utility infielder.
Corey Julks	RF	27.1	HOU	40	Power-over-hit corner OF, 6 arm.
César Salazar	C	27.0	HOU	40	Athletic catch-and-throw backup with feel for contact.
Andrew Nardi	MIRP	24.6	MIA	40	Solid second LHP out of ‘pen.
Cole Sands	MIRP	25.7	MIN	40	Long RP with plus breaker, has fastball utility issues.
Kyle Muller	SP	25.5	OAK	45	Inefficient no. 4/5 starter w/ plus slider.
Shintaro Fujinami	MIRP	29.0	OAK	40	Hard-throwing kitchen sink righty w/ fringe starter control.
Esteury Ruiz	CF	24.1	OAK	40	Speedster with pull-only approach.
Ryan Noda	1B	27.0	OAK	40	Low-end 1B/DH with pop and OBP skills.
Thaddeus Ward	MIRP	26.2	WSN	40	Long RP with above-average cutter and slider.

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Angels calling up Zach Neto.     

That'll give him 16 April days, 31 May is 47, 30 June is 77, 31 July is 108, 31 August is 139, 30 September is 169, 1 in October is 170.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36196356/angels-call-prospect-zach-neto-option-david-fletcher

172 days

 

A player is deemed to have reached "one year" of Major League service upon accruing 172 days in a given year.

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33 players debuted by the April 13 deadline for earning a full year of service.  20 of the 33 were pitchers.  We’ll see how many of these guys stay in the majors all year and earn a full year of service.  
 

Last year 49 players debuted before the cutoff (April 17 last year).   It appears 19 of those earned a full year of service, including our own Felix Bautista.  The guy who really got hosed was the Phillies’ Bryson Stott, who was on the OD roster but was sent down for 18 days in late April/early May and ended up with 171 days of sevice, one day short of getting credit for a full year.  

Edited April 17, 2023 by Frobby

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Not an OD debut, but a debut nonetheless.

https://twitter.com/YahooSports/status/1650161665889976326?s=20