SeaWolves Announce 2008 Roster
Eastern League
The Detroit Tigers today announced their 2008 minor league rosters.
RETURNING PLAYERS
12 of the 24 players on the squad have spent parts of or entire seasons with the SeaWolves. Those players include starting pitchers Andrew Kown and Jon Connolly; relievers Matt Rusch, Danny Zell and Anthony Tomey. Nick McIntyre, Kody Kirkland, Danny Worth, Max Leon and Will Rhymes will be back in the Howlers infield while only one outfielder returns in Wilkin Ramirez.
CATCHERS
Dusty Ryan joins the ‘Wolves after spending a season with Lakeland and returning to the club is Max St. Pierre as the other backstop. St. Pierre spend parts of four seasons (2002-05) with the ‘Wolves.
INFIELDERS
Kody Kirkland makes his return to Erie for the third straight season to man the hot corner. The highly touted Danny Worth made a splash in Erie at the end of the 2007 campaign batting .429 in five regular season games and starting in all four of Erie's playoff games. Worth is ranked as the eighth-best prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America. Will Rhymes, Nick McIntyre and Max Leon also return along with newcomer 1B Ryan Roberson.
OUTFIELDERS
Manning the outfield will be Wilkin Ramirez, Deik Scram, Jeff Frazier and Freddy Guzman. Ramirez is ranked 14th while Guzman is ranked 15th in the top 30 prospects by Baseball America. Guzman led the Pacific Coast Leaague with 56 stolen bases in 2007 while playing for Oklahoma (Triple-A Texas). Scram spent time with both West Michigan and Lakeland in '07. Ramirez began last season with Lakeland and was called up to Erie on July 20. He finished third among all Tigers minor leaguers with 34 stolen bases last season.
ROTATION The SeaWolves enter the season with an experienced pitching staff. Returning starters Andrew Kown and Jon Connolly are joined by newcomers Danny Christensen, Ben Fritz and Luke French. Christensen and Fritz come to the Tigers organization via trades while French spend last season with Lakeland.
The 14th season of SeaWolves baseball begins on April 3, 2008 when the team opens at Bowie (Baltimore Orioles). The ‘Wolves 2008 home opener is April 10, 2008 against the Binghamton Mets (New York Mets). For ticket information, contact the SeaWolves at
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