Per Matt Eddy, the Rays have released catcher Travis Simas. The 22 year-old appeared in 32 games for the GCL Rays in 2009, hitting .191/.318/.247 in 89 AB's. The Rays signed him as an undrafted free agent in June of 2009 out of the University of Nevada-Reno, where he earned first team All-Western Athletic Conference honors his senior season.
[Updated to add:] RHRP Justin Garcia has been assigned to the Durham Bulls from the Montgomery Biscuits. The 23 year-old was drafted by the Rays in the 25th round of the 2007 draft out of Western Nevada CC. Here are his career pitching stats:
Year Age Tm W L ERA G GS SV IP WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB 2007 20 Princeton 1 1 2.84 17 0 4 25.1 1.026 7.1 0.4 2.1 8.5 4.00 2007 20 Hudson Valley 0 0 2.25 4 0 0 8.0 0.750 5.6 0.0 1.1 9.0 8.00 2008 21 Columbus 3 5 2.49 41 0 7 72.1 0.843 5.1 0.5 2.5 9.7 3.90 2009 22 Charlotte 7 5 4.66 32 0 2 58.0 1.224 9.2 0.5 1.9 9.6 5.17 2010 23 Montgomery 2 2 5.14 13 0 0 28.0 1.393 11.2 1.9 1.3 7.7 6.00 4 Seasons 13 13 3.57 107 0 13 191.2 1.059 7.5 0.7 2.0 9.2 4.56Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 6/22/2010.
Really sad to see Simas go. He's a truly great individual and one of the nicest guys I've had the honor of meeting while checking out the lower minors guys. He was always one to ask me how I was doing and ask about how my life outside of photography was going. I'll miss seeing him around. This means that the nicest two guys from the GCL last year, Hunter Pace and Travis, are gone. Baseball's a tough sport man.
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ReplyDeleteMore amazing they draft a catcher who was 9th on his Division II team in hitting. No doubt a real prospect.
My mistake, not drafted signed as free agent
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