One assumes nearly all of these decisions were made before spring training started and that, barring a rash of injuries, these players were going to be sent down at this time no matter what they did.
B. J. Hermsen was optioned to New Britain.
Chris Herrmann was optioned to Rochester.
Trevor May was optioned to New Britain.
Josmil Pinto was optioned to New Britain.
Danny Santana was optioned to New Britain.
Michael Tonkin was optioned to New Britain.
Kyle Gibson was optioned to Rochester.
Caleb Thielbar was optioned to Rochester.
Bryan Augenstein was assigned to minor league camp.
Nick Blackburn was assigned to minor league camp.
Alex Meyer was assigned to minor league camp.
Lester Oliveros was assigned to minor league camp.
Esmerling Vasquez was assigned to minor league camp.
Anthony Slama was assigned to minor league camp.
Kyle Knudson was assigned to minor league camp.
James Beresford was assigned to minor league camp.
Oswaldo Arcia was optioned to Rochester.
It appears that B. J. Hermsen is now sometimes being referred to as Brett Hermsen. I don't know why.
Brett Joseph Hermsen
Yeah, I know that. I just wonder why he's now sometimes being called Brett rather than B. J., which is what he's been known as for his entire professional career until now.
It worked for joey bell.