roster shuffling

It seems like there’s been some big changes to Cape League rosters in the last week. I’m trying to keep up with them all, so I figured I would just run through them here. As a side note, I’m working on the last early looks and they will be up before June 7. I’m also working on a cool project where I’ll have 2008 college stats for every player on the Cape. That will be up soon as well.

As far as the changes, the one with the biggest wow factor is the one that will proobably have no impact. San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg, maybe the top player in the country, was added to Y-D’s roster. Strasburg was also added to Team USA’s invite list this week, so it’s very likely he’ll end up there. On the off chance he doesn’t go with Team USA, well, Y-D just got itself the best pitcher in the country.

Running through the rest of the changes:

• In all, the Red Sox were very busy. After this round of changes, they were left with only six position players who were on the original roster. Notable additions for Y-D include a pair of big-time juco players in Gunner Glad and Braedon Schlehuber, as well as Alabama infielder Josh Rutledge. Included in the players Y-D lost was Erik Goeddel, a highly-touted pitcher who missed all of the season at UCLA.

• Chatham was also busy. Six players were dropped from the A’s roster, including Clemson’s Addison Johnson and San Diego’s Kyle Blair. Johnson played great for the A’s last summer, but missed all of this season with an injury. Blair was one of the top high school pitchers in the country last year and has pitched well for the Toreros.

• Cotuit made perhaps the biggest splash, despite making just one change. They added Arizona State sophomore outfielder Jason Kipnis, who hit .367 with 13 home runs this year.

• Hyannis added a veteran in Appalachian State’s Garrett Sherrill, who had a 1.84 ERA last summer for the Mets out of the bullpen.

• Orleans picked up a big addition in Florida shortstop Cole Figueroa. The sophomore has hit .350 this year after earning an all-star game nod last year for Harwich.

• Wareham dropped Baylor sophomore Dustin Dickerson, who played on the Cape last year. The Gatemen also added several players to their non-roster invitee list, including Oklahoma’s Aaron Baker, who had been on Cotuit’s roster.

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