The Arizona Fall League games begin October 7th with seven players from the Rays organization participating. All seven are playing for the Peoria Javelinas. The seven are:
Chris Mason (pictured) RHRP, age 24Ryan Reid RHRP, 23
Wade Townsend RHRP, 25
Michael Wlodarczyk LHRP, 25
Matt Spring C, 23
Rhyne Hughes 1B, 25
J.T. Hall OF, 24
Reid is the only real prospect at this point. Here is the schedule link. Updates will follow as the games begin.
Forgot to add that Townsend appears to have replaced James Houser (LHSP) on the roster. Some more FYI:
ReplyDeleteRoster size is 35 players per team. Each organization is required to provide seven players subject to the following eligibility requirements:
• All Triple-A and Double-A players are eligible provided they are on Double-A rosters no later than August 6.
• One player below the Double-A level is allowed.
• Foreign players are allowed as long as the player is not on his native country’s protected player list.
• No players with more than two years of credited Major League service as of August 31 (including Major League disabled list time) are eligible except a team may select one player picked in the most recently concluded Major League Rule 5 draft.
• To be eligible, players on Minor League disabled lists must be activated at least 45 days before the conclusion of their respective seasons.
• Each team is allotted 20 pitchers but only 15 are designated “eligible” each game day.
Organizational alignments:
American Division
Mesa Solar Sox (Hohokam Stadium)
Braves, Cubs, Marlins, Phillies, Tigers
Peoria Saguaros (Peoria Stadium)
Cardinals, Mets, Nationals, Padres, White Sox
Scottsdale Scorpions (Scottsdale Stadium)
Angels, Astros, Giants, Pirates, Red Sox
National Division
Peoria Javelinas (Peoria Stadium)
Brewers, Rays, Reds, Mariners, Yankees
Phoenix Desert Dogs (Phoenix Municipal Stadium)
Athletics, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Twins
Surprise Rafters (Surprise Stadium)
Dodgers, Indians, Orioles, Rangers, Royals
Someone asked what a Javelina is. Looks like a hairy pig to me. Here is more than you ever wanted to know:
ReplyDeleteWhat is a Javelina? Texas A&M-Kingsville is the only university in the United States with a javelina for its mascot. The university's first students chose the javelina (in Spanish pronounced hah-vay-lee-nah and in South Texan pronounced hah-vuh-lee-nuh) as the mascot because of its fierce and tenacious behavior. Those first students were right that javelinas can do serious damage to men or hunting dogs with their two-inch long canine teeth, which are well developed for cutting and slashing. However, javelinas are generally not aggressive and will almost always retreat from a person, unless cornered.
A javelina is not a pig.
Despite A&M-Kingsville's nicknames of "The Hoggies," a javelina is not a pig, a feral hog or a wild boar. Although similar in appearance to a pig, it is a collared peccary. Along evolutionary lines, a collared peccary is a distant relative of wild pigs and hippos. Scientists know it as Pecari tajacu.
Biologists say the confusion probably started as soon as European explorers arrived in the New World. The javelina is native to the Western Hemisphere, while true pigs developed in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Distinguishing characteristics include size. Javelinas are small and compact, weighing from 30 to 55 pounds, while adult feral hogs can reach 100 pounds or more. Javelinas are a grizzled brown and black with a white band of coarse hair, its "collar," around the neck. Feral hogs come in a variety of colors and combinations of colors. Less obvious differences include that the javelina has four-hoofed toes on its front feet, but only three-hoofed toes on the hind feet, where the outer dewclaw present on a pig is absent in javelinas. Javelinas also have shorter tails and their canine teeth or "tusks" grow vertically rather than away from the face.
Where do javelinas live? Javelinas are commonly found in dense thickets of prickly pear, chaparral, scrub oak, or guajillo in the brush country south of San Antonio, and over wide areas of the Edwards Plateau and the Trans-Pecos. They can also be found throughout Mexico and Central America and well into South America. They travel in bands ranging from a few animals to as many as 45. They have a musk gland on their rump which gives them their characteristic smell. This gland is used to mark their "territory" and allows individuals to keep in contact with the herd.
What do javelinas eat? Studies show that although javelinas are omnivorous, that prickly pear cactus provides up to half their diet while also fulfilling most of its water requirement. Javelinas supplement this diet with green forbs, vines, grasses, mesquite beans, sotol, lechugilla and other succulent vegetation.