Although the opening day roster for the 2006 Lookouts may not be complete until the last day of spring training, it appears that the team will be a mixture of returning players and players that spent the 2005 season playing for the Reds high-A Sarasota team.
Stephen Smitherman was listed for Chattanooga but was released Monday by Cincinnati. Smitherman saw little action in spring training due to physical problems.
Three players are in Baseball America’s list of top ten prospects for Cincinnati: Miguel Perez (catcher), Joey Votto (first base), and Travis Chick (RHP.
Returning Position Players
Rick Asadoorian (25) OF
- Hit .271 for Chattanooga in 93 games and .211 for Louisville in 33 games
Ryan Hanigan (25) C
- hit over .300 for the Lookouts last season
Norris Hopper (26) OF
- had a big year for Chattanooga at the plate in 2005
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Javon Moran (23) OF
- Hit .353 for Sarasota in 53 games and .301 for Chattanooga in 23 games.
Gary Patchett (27) SS
– Hit .215 for Chattanooga in 48 games and .227 for Louisville in 9 games.
New Position Players
Luis Bolivar (25) 2b
- Hit .243 for Sarasota in 103 games
Javier Colina (27) 3b
Did not play in 2005 due to shoulder injury
Chris Dickerson (23) CF
- cousin of Eric Dickerson, former NFL player
- Hit .236 for Sarasota in 119 games. 11 home runs but fanned 124 times.
Danny Tiburcio (24) SS
– Hit .259 for Sarasota in 116 games. Made 34 errors
Miguel Perez (22) C*
- Reds Minor League Defensive Player of the Year
- Baseball America #7 prospect
- erased 44 percent of base stealers in 2005
– Hit .268 for Sarasota in 80 games and .208 for Louisville in 21 games.
Billy Rojo (22) INF
- Hit .274 in GCL in 24 games and .167 in two games at Sarasota
Mark Schramek (25) 3b
- Played in 42 games for Chattanooga in 2003 where he hit .177
– Hit .214 for Sarasota (2005) in 118 games.
Joey Votto (22) 1B*
- Baseball America ranks him the Reds ninth-best prospect.
- top first-base prospect in the system.
– Hit .256 for Sarasota in 124 games. Had 17 home runs and 83 RBI.
Jeff Urgelles (23) C
– Hit .223 for Sarasota in 63 games.
* 40-man roster
Returning Pitchers
Richie Gardner (24) RHP
- 3-6/5.73 for Chattanooga in 13 games started.
Jeff Bruksch (25) RHP
- 3-9 Chattanooga; 1-0 Louisville
- 6-3/3.06 for Sarasota in 25 games, started 17
Chick Travis (21) RHP*
Baseball America 10th best Reds’ prospect
Mobile 2.9/5.27; Chattanooga 2-2/ 4.86 in 8 games
Arian Cruz (27) LHP
-3-1/ 3.26 Chattanooga in 13 games
Phil Dumatrait (24) LHP*
- 4-12/3.17 for Chattanooga in 24 starts
Jeremy Schmidt (26) RHP
- Chattanooga 3-5/4.36 in 46 games, all in relief
- Sarasota 0-3/2.61 in 10 games, all in relief
David Shafer (24) RHP
- 1-0/0.00 for Sarasota in 10 games, all relief
- 1-6/4.04 for Chattanooga in 34 games, all relief. Struck out 41 in 39.2 innings.
Eddie Valdez (26) RHP
- 1-3/6.94 for Chattanooga in 12 games, started 11
– 3-2/1.95 for Sarasota in 14 games, started 13
New Pitchers
Giancarlo Alvardo (28) RHP
- in Mets organization
Kyle Edens (26) RHP
- 8-3/2.62 Sarasota. 37 games used mainly in relief
Carlos Guevara (24) RHP
- 4.3/2.45 for Sarasota in 44 games, all in relief
Erik Lohse (25) RHP
- brother of Kyle Lohse Twins’ pitcher
- 10-5/ 4.69 for Sarasota in 39 games, mainly in relief
Wayne Lundgren (23) RHP Australian
- no information available
Calvin Medlock (23) RHP
- Reds 2005 Minor League Pitcher of the Year
Jim Paduch (23) RHP
- 4-9/3.81 for Sarasota in 23 games, started 17
Thomas Pauly (24) RHP
- 2004 Potomac. 121 innings, struck out 135. 2.97 ERA
- did not play 2005 following shoulder surgery
Julio Villalon (27) RHP
- information not available
Brock Till (25) RHP
- 4-6/4.09 for Sarasota in 29 games, started 16 games
Chattanooga fans are sorry to learn that the Reds have released Stephen Smitherman. Injuries kept the power hitting left fielder/first baseman out of active spring training participation.
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- Photo2 by Tim Evearitt