Any day now the New York Yankees should be announcing the
list they compiled of all the non-roster invitees that are coming to Spring
Training camp 2015. I’m bored, the news is slow and there is not much going on
so I figured I would take a stab at it and see how close I can get to the
completed list.
Catchers- John Ryan Murphy and Gary Sanchez are on the 40
man roster along with Austin Romine so those three are locks along with Eddy
Rodriguez who signed a minor league deal this month. No other catcher is
considered especially close although I could see a fifth or sixth catcher
brought along simply to catch those early spring workouts like Francisco Arcia and Juan Graterol
Infielders- Nick Noonan and Cole Figueroa have already been
announced as minor league deals with invites to Spring Training and joining
them of course will be Robert Refsnyder, Jose Pirela, Rob Segedin, Jonathan Galvez, Greg Bird and maybe Kyle Roller. I
cannot see anyone like Eric Jagielo getting the call just yet in the infield.
Outfielders – The Yankees system is stocked with outfielders
so it should be crowded out there this spring with possibly Aaron Judge joining
Ramon Flores, Tyler Austin, Taylor Dugas, Robert Hernandez, Ben Gamel, Jake Cave and Slade Heathcott to name
a few. Adonis Garcia and Mason Williams are likely to be heading to spring as
well since Garcia was there last year and Williams was added to the 40 man
roster this winter.
Pitching – There is only one mound and there will be a slew
of pitching including, but not limited to, Branden Pinder, Danny Burawa, Bryan
Mitchell, Domingo Germen, Jose Campos, Joel De La Cruz, Caleb Cotham, Nik Goody, Nick Rumbelow, Jaron Long, Matt Tracy, Zach Nuding, James Pazos, Tyler Webb, Chase Whitley, Chasen Shreve, Jose De Paula, Johnny Barbato and Luis
Severino.
