Opening Day Roster: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees

Written by Greg Fertel | 08 April 2010

The Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees finally posted their official roster for opening day.

Catchers(2): Jesus Montero, Chad Moeller, P.J. Pilittere(DL)

Infielders(5): Reegie Corona, Matthew Cusick(DL), Robby Hammock, Juan Miranda, Eduardo Nunez, Kevin Russo, Jorge Vazquez(DL)

Outfielders(5): Colin Curtis, Greg Golson, Chad Huffman, Jon Weber, David Winfree

Pitchers(12): Jonathan Albaladejo, Jason Hirsh, Kei Igawa, George Kontos(DL), Boone Logan, Zach McAllister, Mark Melancon, Dustin Mosely, Ivan Nova, Royce Ring, Romulo Sanchez, Amaury Sanit, Zack Segovia

I'd guess that the standard starters will include Montero, Corona, Miranda, Nunez, Russo, Golson, Curtis, Huffman, Winfree, with one of the outfielders starting at designated hitter.

The rotation looks to shape up with Nova, Hirsh, McAllister, Sanchez, Mosely in no particular order. The rest of the pitchers will anchor the bullpen, a pretty solid bunch.

After Montero, the Triple-A team is mostly filled with low-ceiling guys who could fill in if the Yankees were in a pinch, which is how it usually looks. Four of the starting pitchers are at least somewhat interesting, and the bullpen should be dominating with guys like Albaladejo and Melancon.

The entire starting infield is on the 40-man roster so we would see any of those guys in the case of an injury. I hope the team can find at-bats for Corona at shortstop, given that Nunez is terrible there and Corona has more of a future than him as a utility player. This team will definitely be worth following because of the proximity of all of these players, but after Montero, Melancon and McAllister, there isn't much to get excited about.