Tennessee Smokies Opening Day Roster

The 2009 Tennessee Smokies, who open their AA season on April 9th, line up this way. I’ve put the age and how acquired in parenthesis.

Pitchers

1. Todd Blackford (23 – Trade ‘05)
   Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS divx
2. Hung-Wen Chen (23 – FA ‘07)
3. Casey Coleman (21 – 15th Round ‘08)
4. John Gaub (23 – Trade ‘08)

   Lady in the Water trailer

5. Jay Jackson (21 – 9th Round ‘08)
6. Casey Lambert (23 – 6th Round ‘07)
7. Alex Maestri (23 – FA ‘06)
8. Jeremy Papelbon (25 – 19th Round ‘06)
9. Blake Parker (23 – 16th Round ‘06)
10. Vince Perkins (27 – FA ‘09)
11. Jayson Ruhlman (24 – 23rd Round ‘05)
12. James Russell (23 – 14th Round ‘07)
13. Brian Schlitter (23 – Trade ‘08)

Catchers

1. The Warriors psp Wellington Castillo (21 – FA ‘04)
2. Steve Clevenger (23 – 7th Round ‘06)

Infielders

1. Darwin Barney (23 – 4th Round ‘07)
2. Matt Camp (24 – 13th Round ‘06)
3. Blake Lalli (25 – FA ‘06)

   The Incredible Melting Man film

4. The Phantom of the Opera movie Jonathan Mota (21 – FA ‘03)
5. Kyle Reynolds (25 – 6th Round ‘05)
6. Tony Thomas (22 – 3rd Round ‘07)

Outfielders

1. James Adduci (23 – Trade ‘06)
2. Brandon Guyer (23 – 5th Round ‘07)
3. Richie Robnett (25 – Trade ‘08)
4. Ty Wright (24 – 7th Round ‘07)

Manager: Ryne Sandberg

• Wellington Castillo is the # 5 prospect in the organization according to Baseball America
• Darwin Barney, Tony Thomas and Jonathan Mota all played on the Florida State League title-winning Daytona Cubs (High-A) last season.
• Matt Camp and Blake Lalli move to the infield dirt from previous spots on the 2008 Smokies roster as outfielder
  and catcher, respectively.
• Chicago acquired Richie Robnett in the Michael Wuertz trade this past February.
• Jay Jackson is rated as the # 9 prospect in the organization according to Baseball America.
• John Gaub was acquired from the Cleveland Indians in the Mark DeRosa trade last December.