FCL Orioles 2024

[Frobby]

@RZNJ’s Liranzo thread reminded me that the FCL season starts tomorrow!  Have we heard what the roster will be?

[Warehouse]

Pitchers

Eddy Alberto (22)

Harol Arias (21)

Bryan Bautista (20)

Carlos Brito (21)

Yirber Cartaya (21)

Eccel Correa (21)

Ronald Guzman* (29)

Jose Leandro* (22)

Alberto Leandro (22)

Jack Maruskin (24)

Miguel Mesa (21)

Francisco Morao (18)

Oscar Moreta (20)

Nelvis Ochoa (21)

Jesus Palacios (19)

Andres Parra* (19)

Eris Rodriguez (22)

Juan Rojas* (20)

Issac Solano (22)

Angel Vargas (22)

 

*left-handed

 

Catchers

Yasmil Bucce (19)

Andres Nolaya (19)

Carlos Rodriguez (20)

Luis Vicioso (20)

 

Infielders 

Luis Almeyda (18)

Edwin Amparo (19)

Rolphy Cruz (21)

Elis Cuevas (19)

Joshua Liranzo (17)

Fernando Peguero (19)

 

Outfielders

Mishael Deson (21)

[Warehouse]

Presumably a number of the infielders will also play outfield.

[RZNJ]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

@RZNJ’s Liranzo thread reminded me that the FCL season starts tomorrow!  Have we heard what the roster will be?

This is the best I can do for now.

https://www.milb.com/florida-complex/roster/599

Check out, what appears to be, the Leandro twins.

Edited May 3 by RZNJ

[Warehouse]

Some updates to the roster today:

 

Rolphy Cruz released

 

Several players added:

OF Yirber Ruiz

C Miguel Rodriguez 

SS Edrei Campos

 

Three players assigned to rehab assignments with FCL Orioles: Max Wagner, Jake Cunningham, and Terrin Vavra.

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Warehouse said:

Some updates to the roster today:

 

Rolphy Cruz released

 

Several players added:

OF Yirber Ruiz

C Miguel Rodriguez 

SS Edrei Campos

 

Three players assigned to rehab assignments with FCL Orioles: Max Wagner, Jake Cunningham, and Terrin Vavra.

Rolphy Cruz certainly fell hard.  Earned a mid-season promotion to Delmarva last year after posting a 1.192 OPS in the FCL, and he’s out of the org less than 11 months later.  

[Warehouse]

Looking at game day, Carlos Rodriguez, who was a catcher, seems to be pitching now.

https://www.milb.com/gameday/fcl-pirates-vs-fcl-orioles/2024/05/04/772008/live/live

 

[Yossarian]

There is a 29 year-old pitcher on the FCL squad? Or is that a typo?

[Yossarian]

On 5/3/2024 at 10:09 AM, Warehouse said:

Presumably a number of the infielders will also play outfield.

Looks like you might need a couple of pitchers to play outfield, too.

[Warehouse]

9 hours ago, Yossarian said:

There is a 29 year-old pitcher on the FCL squad? Or is that a typo?

No, Ronald Guzman has three years of MLB service time as a position player and is attempting to become a pitcher.

[interloper]

On 5/3/2024 at 4:14 PM, Warehouse said:

and Terrin Vavra.

I'm low key excited for the Terrin Vavra comeback tour. I just like that guy. 

[Rbiggs2525]

9 hours ago, interloper said:

I'm low key excited for the Terrin Vavra comeback tour. I just like that guy. 

I’ll second that. Always liked a hitter that could navigate the strike zone.

[btdart20]

On 5/3/2024 at 12:08 PM, Warehouse said:

Jesus Palacios (19)

Saw some clips of him last year and was interesting. 

[sportsfan8703]

The FCL, Delmarva, and even Aberdeen, are always going to have “bad” records until we get the DSL pipeline fully going into top 5-10 mode. I have faith in Perez. 

We don’t draft HS kids and the college players that are good are pretty much in Aberdeen right away. 

[Frobby]

26 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

The FCL, Delmarva, and even Aberdeen, are always going to have “bad” records until we get the DSL pipeline fully going into top 5-10 mode. I have faith in Perez. 

We don’t draft HS kids and the college players that are good are pretty much in Aberdeen right away. 

It’s getting pretty close to put up or shut up time for our Latin American program.  This isn’t 2018 anymore.  Perez has been on the job for 5+ years.  First two years, we all understand he was playing catch-up because a lot of these kids make commitments 2 years before they can be formally signed.   But that really shouldn’t have impacted our last three signing classes, populating the Carolina League, FCL and DSL by now.   I haven’t really drilled down, but it feels like we are still getting a below average share of the talent down there, based on the record of those teams and just skimming the individual leaderboards.  Last year, Delmarva was 56-74 and the FCL team was 22-32.   The players on this Delmarva team are either holdovers from last year or guys promoted from the FCL, so it’s not surprising that Delmarva is pretty bad.  Our two DSL teams were 35-19 and 20-35, so 55-54 collectively in a league where 20 MLB teams have two affiliates while the other 10 have just one (and therefore can concentrate their talent in one team).   That gives me some hope that our FCL team will be more competitive this year, though their first two games were uninspiring.