Notable Sept. 1 2017 Callups
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Baseball America looks at some of the notable additions as teams expand to 40-man rosters.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona Diamondbacks
Most Notable: RHP Silvino Bracho, C John Ryan Murphy, RHP Braden Shipley
Role Players: RHP J.J. Hoover
Atlanta Braves Most Notable: 3B Rio Ruiz, LHP Max Fried.
Role players: C Tony Sanchez.
Chicago Cubs
Most Notable: RHP Dillon Maples. The Cubs nearly released Maples in spring training before he reinvented himself as a reliever. He struck out nearly 35 percent of batters at Triple-A. C Victor Caratini is the Cubs’ No. 1 prospect after trades drained the farm system.
Cincinnati Reds
Most Notable: RHP Ariel Hernandez. Hernandez’s walk rate is unplayable, but his curveball and fastball velocity still make him an interesting project.
Role Players: SS Zach Vincej. The 37th-round pick from Pepperdine in 2012 showed uncommon power in the Arizona Fall League but has not carried that into 2017. Still, his glovework makes him interesting and he’s Rule 5 eligible this winter.
Colorado Rockies
Most Notable: RHP Jeff Hoffman, INF Ryan McMahon
Role Players: OF Mike Tauchman, C Tom Murphy
Los Angeles Dodgers
Most Notable: OF Alex Verdugo. Check out our What To Expect on the Dodgers’ outfielder.
Role Players: 1B/OF O’Koyea Dickson, RHP Wilmer Font, RHP Fabio Castillo
Miami Marlins
Most Notable: 3B Brian Anderson will make his big league debut after a strong AFL in 2016 and hitting a career-high 22 homers, including raking at Triple-A (.339/.416/.602). He’s also an above-average defender with a strong arm. LHP Dillon Peters is just 5-foot-9, but holds his velocity (92-94 mph) well and pitches with a moxie that belies his size.
Most Notable: OF Brett Phillips, RHP Brandon Woodruff
Role Players: RHP Junior Guerra, LHP Wei-Chung Wang
New York Mets
Most Notable: RHP Jacob Rhame. Acquired for Curtis Granderson, Rhame is one of several righthanded relievers the Mets added at the trade deadline when they offloaded Lucas Duda, Granderson, Jay Bruce, Neil Walker and Addison Reed. Rhame, 24, relies heavily on a mid-to-upper 90s fastball and cleaned up his arm stroke, enabling him to throw more strikes.
Role Players: RHP Jamie Callahan. Callahan’s weapons are a hard slider and fastball that sits 94-96 mph, as well as an aggressive mound approach, but his wavering command is an issue for a high-leverage reliever.
Role Players: LHP Kyle McGrath, RHP Jose Valdez
Most Notable: LHP Steven Okert. The Giants No. 13 prospect entering the year will get another crack at the majors after posting a 6.75 ERA in 21.1 innings in his earlier stints.
Role Players: RHP Derek Law, C Tim Federowicz
St. Louis Cardinals
Most Notable: RHP Jack Flaherty is set to make his big league debut today. RHP Sandy Alcantara has a big-time fastball and intriguing-if-inconsistent secondary pitches, with projection remaining.
Role Players: OF Harrison Bader got 21 at-bats earlier this season. Bader has an aggressive approach and a reputation for ambushing first pitches.
Most Notable: RHP Erick Fedde, C Raudy Read.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore Orioles
Most Notable: C Chance Sisco
Role Players: RHP Jimmy Yacabonis
Boston Red Sox
Most Notable: 1B Sam Travis
Role Players: C Blake Swihart, RHP Austin Maddox
Most Notable: RHP Carson Fulmer
Role Players: LHP David Holmberg
Most Notable: C Francisco Mejia. Check out our What To Expect on the Indians’ No. 1 prospect.
Role Players: OF Greg Allen, RHP Adam Plutko, LHP Shawn Morimando
Detroit Tigers
Most Notable: LHP Jairo Labourt
Role Players: INF Efren Navarro
Kansas City Royals
Most Notable: INF Raul Mondesi
Role Players: C Cam Gallagher, OF Terrance Gore, OF Paulo Orlando, RHP Andres Machado
Most Notable: RHP Noe Ramirez. The Cal State Fullerton product will get a chance to pitch in the MLB stadium just six miles down the I-57 from his college campus.
Role Players: INF Nolan Fontana, C Carlos Perez, LHP Jason Gurka.
Most Notable: LHP Nik Turley will give Los Angeles’ Harvard-Westlake High four big league alumni on big league pitching staffs. Unlike Jack Flaherty (2014), Max Fried (2012) and Lucas Giolito (2012), Turley was not a first-round pick; he was a 50th-rounder in 2008 by the Yankees. He’s been up before, but now all four Harvard-Westlake pitchers have been big leaguers in the same year.
Role Players: Niko Goodrum is the ultimate utility player who has played center and right field at Triple-A Rochester this year to go with his usual time at third base, shortstop and second. He’s also a switch-hitter with a longish swing but a career-high 13 homers this season.
Most Notable: RHP Ben Heller was a part of the Andrew Miller trade but obviously overshadowed by Clint Frazier and Justus Sheffield. Heller is already 26, but is on the 40-man roster, which will be tight come the fall. The Yankees want to see what they have in Heller, who averaged 13 strikeouts per nine innings at Triple-A.
Role Players: C Erik Kratz was acquired from the Indians for cash and will likely see time with suspensions due for Gary Sanchez and Austin Romine, stemming from the brawl with the Tigers.
Most Notable: Franklin Barreto got 42 big league at-bats earlier this season and clubbed a couple of home runs but also struck out 18 times. Barreto’s positional future is unclear—it’s probably second base—but his bat will carry him.
Most Notable: RHP Andrew Moore, C Mike Marjama
Role Players: RHP Dan Altavilla
Texas Rangers
Role Players: RHP Paolo Espino, INF Will Middlebrooks
Toronto Blue Jays
Most Notable: OF Teoscar Hernandez, SS Richard Urena
Role Players: C Luke Maile
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