I May Be Wrong, But… Minor League Signings, Aaron Heilman

I May Be Wrong, But…  Minor League Signings, Aaron Heilman

·        This gaggle of minor league signings seems to happen this time every year. All if does is completely screw up my organizational chart.

As of Tuesday’s signings, here’s who I have on the Buffalo roster:

SPs (10) - Jeurys Famila, Collin McHugh, Chris Schwinden, Miquel Batista, Pedro Beato, Dylan Owen, Tobi Stoner, Jeremy Hefner, Mark Cohoon, Garrett Olson         

RPs (14) - Robert Carson, Josh Stinson, Elvin Ramirez, Roy Merritt, Fernando Cabrera, Jeff Stevens, Chuck James, Erik Turgeon, Eric Beaulac, Eric Niesen, Jack Egbert, Daniel Herrera

1B (3) - Alan Dykstra, Eric Campbell        , Val Pascucci     

2B (2) - Reese Havens, Cory Wimberly      

SS (4) - Omar Quintanila, Matt Bouchard, Jordany Valdespin, Sean Kazmar 

3B (2) - Zach Lutz, Michael Fisher 

C (3) - Kai Gronauer, Jean Luc Blaquiere, Lucas May         

OF (6) - Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Mike Baxter, Juan Lagares, Raul Reyes, Vinnie Rottino, Adam Loewen 

That’s 42 players on a 25-man squad, and don’t think of pushing some of these guys back to Binghamton. Their roster is under water also.

But, don’t panic.

I marked the guys who are definitely playing in 2012 in red. There’s only nine of them and one (Beato) may remain in Queens.

Other than Beato, only Schwinden, Baxter, Rottino, and Batista have any chance of winning a Queens roster spot, out of camp, so a lot of these guys have to either be released or come down with mass malaria.

·        So… let me see if I got this right…  the Mets traded Aaron Heilman to the Seattle Mariners… who then traded Aaron to the Cubs for Ronny Cedeno and Garrett Olson… who now have both signed with the Mets… and Heilman signed this week with… the Mariners.

I love this game.