BB: D-3 Players in minor leagues/MLB

[Ricky Nelson]

FDU-Florham's Ryan Flannery finished second in fan voting for High-A Reliever of the Year.

Keystone first baseman Yazy Arbelo finished fifth in fan voting for Single-A Hitter of the Year.

Grove City's Erik Arnesen finished sixth in fan voting for Double-A Starter of the Year.

[Ricky Nelson]

Baseball America is rolling out its annual top 10 organizational prospect lists. Alvernia's Zach Lutz was deemed to have the best power in the Mets system.

He's the only D3 guy mention so far, but BA is only five teams (NL East) into its rundown.

[Ricky Nelson]

Some hot stove transactions:
Joe Nathan signed with the Rangers as a free agent.
Vinny Rottino signed with the Mets as a MiLB free agent.
The Blue Jays claimed Cole Kimball off waivers, but the Nationals reclaimed Kimball on waivers two days later.

[Ricky Nelson]

Joe Bateman, Jason Bour, Nelson Figueroa, Archie Gilbert and Blake Maxwell are MiLB free agents.

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The Orioles signed Trinity (Conn.) 2B Tom DiBenedetto.
The Blue Jays signed Brandeis pitcher Nelson Figueroa.
The Red Sox released North Central (IL) 3B Nick Robinson.

[Ricky Nelson]

MLB.com rated Centenary pitcher Cole Kimball the Nationals' eighth-best prospect.
On a side note, that's a great media package that MLB put together.

[Ricky Nelson]

The Diamondbacks signed Huntingdon shortstop Miles Walding.

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The Astros released Ithaca pitcher Shane Wolf.
The Dodgers released Mount St. Joseph pitcher Steve Matre.

[Ricky Nelson]

The Diamondbacks signed former East Bay MiLB free agent OF Archie Gilbert.
The Reds released Southern Maine SS Chris Burleson and Anderson P Blair Carson.

[Ricky Nelson]

Besides those who ended last year in MLB, our guys at spring training. Add any I missed.
Dbacks: Derek Eitel, Yazy Arbelo, Mike DeMark, Archie Gilbert
Mets: Zach Lutz
Yankees: Ryan Flannery
Red Sox: Jeremiah Bayer
Blue Jays: Nelson Figueroa

[Ricky Nelson]

The Dodgers released Johns Hopkins pitcher Andrew Pevsner.

The Mariners released UW-Whitewater pitcher Ben Versnik and Trinity (Conn.) outfielder James Wood.

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The Diamondbacks released Keystone pitcher Victor Lara.
The Red Sox released Keene St. pitcher Corey Vogt.
The Twins released St. Thomas pitcher Matt Schuld.
The Phillies released Cal Lutheran P Ian Durham.

[infielddad]

These are very,very tough and emotional times for a lot of guys in Milb.
After working their a$$e$ off since last September/October, they have about 3 weeks to prove they belong and to find a slot on an active roster for the MILB season starting in about 7-8 days.
Getting released right now is just tough. All that hard work and effort and a short meeting to learn this is the end.
You see players with their wives and young families, players in their late 20's and early 30's, high round picks from a few years back all facing the news that their days of playing the game of baseball might well be done. For a few, it is good news because they become a free agent and might catch on in a better situation.
That is a small group of the large numbers getting released at this point.

[CrashDavisD3]

Because of their age and competition they faced in college most D3 players get 1-2 years to prove themselves in MILB.  D3 players can make it but the odds are very high.

[Ricky Nelson]

The Nationals released UW-Stevens Point pitcher Scott Williams.
The Twins released St. Thomas 3B Roy Larson.
The Orioles released Trinity (Conn.) infielder Tom DiBenedetto.
The Red Sox released Wesleyan infielder Drew Dominguez.
The Reds released Emory infielder Frank Pfister.
The Blue Jays released Brandeis pitcher Nelson Figueroa.