First cuts have taken place in most squads now. The good news is that most Aussies have avoided them!. Unfortunately, Joel Naughton has not though, and was sent to the minor league camp.
Naughton would have to be reasonably pleased with his spring though - and he may get a look in with the Phillies at some time during the year. His line for his time with the big leaguers was 3 games, 3 at bats for 2 hits and 1 RBI.
This takes the number of Aussies involved in Spring training back to twelve, five non-roster invitees and seven who are on the 40-man roster for their clubs.
List of Non-Roster Invitees
Shane Lindsay, Chicago White Sox
Chris Oxspring, Detroit Tigers
Brendan Wise, Detroit Tigers
Justin Huber, Minnesota Twins
Trent Oeltjen, LA Dodgers
List of players on the 40-man roster
Ryan Rowland-Smith, Houston Astros
Drew Naylor, Philadelphia Phillies
Peter Moylan, Atlanta Braves
Grant Balfour, Oakland Athletics
Rich Thompson, LA Angels
Luke Hughes, Minnesota Twins
Brad Thomas, Detroit Tigers
I will update this list through Spring Training as things change
3 comments:
I think Chris Oxspring and Shane Lindsay might be a chance among the non-roster players. At this stage Lindsay seems to be turning the right heads too. The 2011 MLB season is a real chance for the record of seven Aussies playing MLB in a season getting eclipsed, and with a bit of luck ten Aussies could play MLB in 2011.
Why thank you Adam and Elissa! Happy to be providing a useful service :)
Nicholas - I agree, there is a real chance of a BIG number of Aussies in MLB this year
I would also like to commend you Nathan for your solid work with this blog. The more Australian baseball voices the better!
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