Williamsport Crosscutters Announce Roster

The Single-A short season affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Williamsport Crosscutters, have announced their opening day roster which will take the field in their first game on June 19th.

Of the current 25-man roster, ten players played for the Crosscutters last season, and BlueClaws manager Dusty Wathan was the manager for the team last season. A number of players throughout the year will play for the Crosscutters and then for the BlueClaws this season.

Of the current roster, Leandro Castro and Esmelvin Jiminez played for the BlueClaws this season and TJ Warren played for the BlueClaws in 2008. The headliner of the roster is the Phillies 2008 first pick Anthony Hewitt (24th overall). He is a higher draft selection than anyone on the Lakewood BlueClaws. The Phillies have sent 11 of their 2009 draft picks to play at Williamsport.

Here is the roster:

Managers & Coaches (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status
Chris Truby Manager R R 6′ 2″ 220 12-09-1973 Active
Bobby Meacham Batting Coach S R 6′ 1″ 180 08-25-1960 Active
Tom Filer Pitching Coach R R 6′ 1″ 198 12-01-1956 Active
Pitchers (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
19 Spencer Arroyo P L L 6′ 2″ 166 08-09-1988 Active No
46 Freddy Ballestas P R R 6′ 3″ 170 10-04-1986 Active No
16 Jordan Ellis P R R 6′ 2″ 198 09-11-1985 Active No
28 Sean Grieve P L L 6′ 1″ 195 12-13-1984 Active No
47 Nicholas Hernandez P L L 6′ 3″ 172 07-30-1988 Active No
37 Austin Hyatt P R R 6′ 2″ 180 05-23-1986 Active No
30 Esmelvin Jimenez P L L 5′ 10″ 180 02-05-1987 Active No
45 Siulman Lebron P R R 6′ 1″ 170 06-11-1987 Active No
8 Justin Long P R R 6′ 2″ 220 12-12-1985 Active No
29 Ebelin Lugo P R R 6′ 2″ 04-23-1990 Active No
33 Eric Massingham P R R 6′ 2″ 205 11-19-1986 Active No
35 Jonathan Pettibone P L R 6′ 5″ 200 07-19-1990 Active No
Mauricio Romero P R R 6′ 3″ 202 06-16-1986 7-day DL No
Colby Shreve P R R 6′ 5″ 210 01-05-1988 7-day DL No
27 Reginal Simon P R R 6′ 3″ 177 12-28-1989 Active No
11 Luke Wertz P R R 6′ 1″ 175 09-20-1985 Active No
39 Joshua Zeid P R R 6′ 5″ 210 03-24-1987 Active No
Catchers (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
5 David Doss C R R 6′ 2″ 190 04-28-1987 Active No
7 Jean Rodriguez C R R 5′ 10″ 204 03-27-1989 Active No
Infielders (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
24 Jeremy Barnes 2B R R 5′ 10″ 190 04-13-1987 Active No
10 Stephen Batts 2B R R 6′ 0″ 200 02-14-1986 Active No
12 Anthony Hewitt 3B R R 6′ 1″ 190 04-27-1989 Active No
13 Francisco Murillo 1B R R 6′ 0″ 196 10-18-1986 Active No
3 Evan Porter 2B R R 6′ 5″ 205 03-13-1987 Active No
Outfielders (click column headers to sort)
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man
18 Leandro Castro OF R R 5′ 11″ 175 06-15-1989 Active No
6 Micheal Dabbs OF L R 6′ 0″ 185 03-29-1987 Active No
23 James Jiwan OF S R 6′ 4″ 180 04-11-1989 Active No
Fabio Murakami LF R R 6′ 1″ 194 03-04-1988 7-day DL No
2 Carl Uhl OF S L 5′ 8″ 175 04-02-1987 Active No
4 T.J. Warren OF R R 6′ 4″ 190 08-17-1988 Active No

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