With the offseason come and gone we have a lot of new changes happening around the Newport Narwhals...
Off Season Signings:
SP: Stephen Strasburg
3B: Kiyoshi Yoshida
We also traded the likes of Hector Santiago and Keyvius Sampson for a couple of minor leaguers (this was mostly to get rid of salary)
Selected two players in the rule 5 draft...
RP: Akeel Morris (Middle Relief)
SP: Jordan Jankowski (#3 SP)
After Spring Training we were able to promote/demote/release different players are were left with the following lineup going into 2017.
LINEUP:
DH: Jonathan Villar
LF: Bradley Zimmer
3B: Kiyoshi Yoshida
2B: Scooter Gennett
1B: Ji man Choi
C: Blake Swihart
RF: Ben Gamel
SS: Jorge Polanco
CF: Brandon Nimmo
BENCH:
C: Wilson Contreras
1B: Taylor Green
2B: Alen Hanson
LF: Tyler Goeddel
ROTATION:
1. Stephen Strasburg
2. Chase Whitley
3. Jordan Jankowski
4. Jose E. De Leon
5. Mike Clevinger
BULLPEN:
David Carpenter
Akeel Morris
Neil Ramirez
Hansel Robles
Chasen Shreve
Josh Hader - Closer
Our minor league system is also getting filled with depth from trades and free agency this past year. There will be a couple of different names coming throughout the season and find the likes of Braden Shipley, Mark Appel, Tyron Taylor, and Dylan Cozens to find their way to the majors at some point.