Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Minor Moves: Colina, Eldridge

Alvin ColinaFrom Matt Eddy: The Rays have signed C Alvin Colina and re-signed OF Rashad Eldridge.

You know Rashad. Colina has been with the Rockies, Reds and Braves, and had 5 MLB AB's for Colorado in 2006. Here are the 28 year-old Venezuelan's minor league numbers:
Year   Age   Lev Aff   AB   R   H  2B 3B HR RBI SB CS  BB  SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS
2000    18  Rook COL  122  25  43   7  1  4  28  2  3   9  26 .352 .417 .525 .942
2001    19  A_ss COL  164  12  35  10  0  5  17  0  2  12  50 .213 .283 .366 .649
2002    20     A COL  212  22  50   8  0  7  36  1  0  20  57 .236 .312 .373 .685
2003    21     A COL  256  26  68  20  1  4  23  5  4  20  53 .266 .329 .398 .727
2004    22 A_adv COL  337  44  85  23  0 11  47  0  1  24  81 .252 .313 .418 .731
2005    23 A_adv COL   34   2   9   3  0  0   3  0  1   3  14 .265 .324 .353 .677
2005    23    AA COL  207  23  53   5  0  9  35  0  2  20  42 .256 .330 .411 .741
2006    24    AA COL  323  45  82  14  1 12  46  3  2  23  77 .254 .314 .415 .728
2007    25   AAA COL  272  22  53  19  0  5  35  0  0  17  69 .195 .243 .320 .563
2008    26   AAA CIN  227  25  58   8  2  8  54  2  1  17  68 .256 .315 .414 .729
2009    27   AAA ATL  225  31  59  12  0  8  42  1  1  25  55 .262 .344 .422 .766
10 Seasons           2379 277 595 129  5 73 366 14 17 190 592 .250 .315 .401 .716
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 1/20/2010.

I'm assuming he's a Durham Bull.
-- By Doug at 8:09 PM

7 comments:

  1. Barnese and Bailey CircusJanuary 20, 2010 at 9:08 PM

    I was thinking Jaso/ Lobaton in Durham. Thoughts?

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  2. DougJanuary 21, 2010 at 7:13 PM

    I'm guessing Lobaton or Colina does the Durham-Hudson Valley shuffle, on and off the roster like last year. Or somebody gets cut. Sounds like a depth move for ST.

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  3. Barnese and Bailey CircusJanuary 21, 2010 at 10:04 PM

    Is that move available before short season starts?

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2010 at 11:58 PM

    That move is not necessary until the start of the MiLB season. You can have as many guys as you want in camp.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 7:47 AM

    That move is available between the start of full season and short season leagues.

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  6. DougJanuary 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM

    Just to clarify, I was referring to Alex Jamieson last season. You need a ton of catchers in spring training. Once the season starts Durham will still need an extra guy for non-game catching. What they did with Jamieson was "assign" him to Hudson Valley, but he never actually left Durham. If they needed him for a game or so, he was "assigned" back to Durham, and then back to HV. I lost count of how many times Jamieson went back and forth. IIRC he spent more time on HV's roster, but never appeared for them. The reason to use HV and not Montgomery is full-season teams rosters are smaller, so HV being a short-season team has the room to play with.

    Could also be a gentleman's agreement, help out in ST, if you don't make Durham's roster, released to find a better gig. Only they would know about that.

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  7. Chris W.January 23, 2010 at 8:11 PM

    Here's hoping Colina is more of a Michel Hernandez than a Jamieson. Three seasons in AAA says something for him. I don't see him on the HV shuttle, but could happen since the Rays seem to be overloaded with second string catchers.

    By the way -- trivia alert -- it seems that when a players is in "Hudson Valley" he wears a warm-up jacket over his uniform. When he comes back, he takes it off.

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