Eastern League Preview

Your handy guide to the Eastern League.  Players listed are those on rosters found at milb.com today.  Those rosters are, of course, subject to change.

Eastern Division

BINGHAMTON METS

Affiliate:  New York Mets

Field:  NYSEG Stadium

Manager:  Pedro Lopez

Coaches:  Luis Natera, Glenn Abbott

Notables:  Armando Rodriguez, Erik Turgeon, Kai Gronauer, Wilmer Flores, Cesar Puello

NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS

Affiliate:  Minnesota Twins

Field:  New Britain Stadium

Manager:  Jeff Smith

Coaches:  Riccardo Ingram, Stu Cliburn, Rudy Hernandez

Notables:  Deolis Guerra, Lester Oliveros, Chris Herrmann, Darin Mastroianni, Deibinson Romero

NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS

Affiliate:  Toronto Blue Jays

Field:  Northeast Delta Dental Stadium

Manager:  Sal Fasano

Coaches:  Jon Nunnally, Tom Signore

Notables:  Danny Farquhar. Bobby Korecky, Yohan Pino, Brian Jeroloman, Koby Clemens

PORTLAND SEA DOGS

Affiliate:  Boston Red Sox

Field:  Hadlock Field

Manager:  Kevin Boles

Coaches:  Dave Joppe, Bob Kipper

Notables:  Stolmy Pimentel, Matthew Gedman, Oscar Tejeda, Mitch Dening, Drake Britton

READING PHILLIES

Affiliate:  Philadelphia Phillies

Field:  FirstEnergy Stadium

Manager:  Dusty Wathan

Coaches:  Frank Cacciatore, Bob Milacki

Notables:  Tyson Brummett, Sebastian Valle, Tyson Gilles, J. C. Ramirez, Cesar Hernandez

TRENTON THUNDER

Affiliate:  New York Yankees

Field:  Waterfront Park

Manager:  Tony Franklin

Coaches:  Tom Slater, Tommy Phelps, Luis Dorante

Notables:  Ryan Pope, Graham Stoneburner, Walter Ibarra, Melky Mesa, Zoilo Almonte

Western Division 

AKRON AEROS

Affiliate:  Cleveland Indians

Field:  Canal Park

Manager:  Chris Tremie

Coaches:  Rouglas Odor, Tony Arnold

Notables:  Rob Bryson, T. J. McFarland, Bryan Price, Steven Wright, Davis Stoneburner

ALTOONA CURVE

Affiliate:  Pittsburgh Pirates

Field:  Peoples Natural Gas Field

Manager:  P. J. Forbes

Coaches:  Ryan Long, Jeff Johnson

Notables:  Kyle Cofield, Aaron Poreda, Aaron Pribanic, Brock Holt, Robbie Grossman

BOWIE BAYSOX

Affiliate:  Baltimore Orioles

Field:  Prince George’s Stadium

Manager:  Gary Kendall

Coaches:  Denny Hocking, Kennie Steenstra

Notables:  Oliver Drake, Timothy Bascom, Buck Britton, Matthew Sweeney, Xavier Avery

ERIE SEAWOLVES

Affiliate:  Detroit Tigers

Field:  Jerry Uht Park

Manager:  Chris Cron

Coaches:  Jerry Martin, Ray Burris

Notables:  Tyler Stohr, Jared Gayhart, Austin Wood, Brandon Douglas, Bryan Pounds

HARRISBURG SENATORS

Affiliate:  Washington Nationals

Field:  Metro Bank Park

Manager:  Matthew LeCroy

Coaches:  Eric Fox, Paul Menhart

Notables:  Erik Davis, Joe Testa, Eury Perez, Paul Demny, Stephen King

RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS

Affiliate:  San Francisco Giants

Field:  The Diamond

Manager:  Dave Machemer

Coaches:  Ken Joyce, Ross Grimsley

Notables:  Daryl Maday, Mitch Lively, Kelvin Marte, Aaron Lowenstein, Jose Flores

10 thoughts on “Eastern League Preview”

  1. The Harrisburg Senators and Richmond Flying Squirrels (minor league teams have the best names) have the same notable players.

    I'm surprised Guerra is back in AA. Though, perhaps not entirely surprised since he moved to the bullpen just last year.

    Also of note, Yohan Pino seems to have been demoted from AAA to AA last year. I wonder why he never got a chance in the majors for Cleveland. Nothing about him stands out, but seems like a more than serviceable long reliever. Perhaps the same reason as Guerra. The Twins had him start full-time in AAA and so did the Indians. But before that and after, he's started and relieved.

    1. Just wanted to see if anyone was reading all the way to the end 🙂 Seriously, thank you. I've fixed it.

      I don't know how certain it is that Guerra will be in AA. They list Brian Dozier there, too, and I know I've read he'll be in Rochester. I don't know just how reliable the rosters listed at milb.com are right now, but they're all I have to work with.

      I've always kind of liked Pino, but he's 28 now, so his chance has probably passed unless somebody gets a lot of injuries or something. Still, as I always say, you never know.

    1. Remember that game when he got a hit and the win? That game was hilarious. Gardy's worst nightmare and they still won.

    2. I would not be surprised if Bobby Korecky became a coach when he's through playing.

    1. Either or both. "Notables" tends to be "players whose names I recognize". I realize that's far from a perfect system. I might recognize a player's name for lots of reasons: it's unusual and stuck with me, I happened to see an article about him, he has a similar name to a famous player, he has a similar name to someone I know, etc. However, since I don't have time to study everybody's farm system, it's the best I can do.

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