Diamondbacks Announce Opening Day Roster

Busy day of posting capped off with the Opening Day Roster for the Arizona Diamondbacks.  Former Silver Hawks are bolded.

PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks announced a number of roster moves today to complete their 25-man roster prior to Friday’s Opening Day game against the Colorado Rockies in Denver.


To complete the Opening Day roster, the D-backs outrighted infielder Tony Abreu to Triple-A Reno and optioned infielder Brandon Allen and right-handed pitcher Esmerling Vasquez to Reno. The club released right-handed pitcher Carlos Rosa for the purpose of selling the player to Japan.

The Opening Day roster includes 12 pitchers, seven infielders, four outfielders and two catchers.

Pitchers (12): Sam Demel, Barry Enright, Armando Galarraga, Juan Gutierrez, Aaron Heilman, David Hernandez, Daniel Hudson, Ian Kennedy, Kam Mickolio, Joe Paterson, J.J. Putz and Joe Saunders.

Infielders (7): Willie Bloomquist, Russell Branyan, Stephen Drew, Kelly Johnson, Juan Miranda, Melvin Mora and Ryan Roberts.

Outfielders (4): Xavier Nady, Gerardo Parra, Justin Upton and Chris Young.

Catchers (2): Henry Blanco and Miguel Montero.

Left-handed pitcher Zach Duke and infielder Geoff Blum will start the season on the 15-day disabled list.

Enright Makes Rotation

Just saw a Twitter post (yes, I'm on Twitter -- @OwenSerey) that said Barry Enright has made the rotation for the Diamondbacks.

Enright pitched only one game for South Bend, and it was on the road, but hey, not too shabby.  He made the majors last year, so this won't be his debut, but still nice to be part of the rotation.

Lotsof Former Hawks...

Lots of former Silver Hawks are mentioned in the latest blog post by Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic.  Click the link to read it for yourself, or read my very short summary below.

Wade Miley is impressing, Justin Upton is a competitor, Clay Zavada is happy, Miguel Montero is vocal, Barry Enright is good, Yonata Ortega is wild, Tyler Skaggs is nasty.

Yeah, that summary doesn't do it justice.  Just visit the link already.

Enright Pitching Well for Diamondbacks

A few weeks ago we posted that former Silver Hawk Barry Enright was going to make his Major League debut for the Diamondbacks after being called up straight from Double-A. Enright's stint with Arizona has been a success thus far, as he holds a 2-2 record and 2.66 ERA through four starts.

Bob McManaman of the Arizona Republic writes that Enright is making a case to remain in the rotation throughout the year and in to next season. The article also contains some information on Enright's background and his path to the Diamondbacks.

Enright pitched for the Silver Hawks in 2007, throwing 2.0 scoreless innings in one appearance before being promoted to Visalia.

Non-Roster Invitees

The Arizona Diamondbacks sent out a press release last night, announcing the non-roster invitees to spring training. These are 17 players that are not on the 40-man roster, but will be competing in major league spring training (with many of them eventually reassigned to their minor league camps).

This is certainly an honor to be invited, with a chance to compete with the big boys. Who knows, maybe one of these guys impresses in camp, and find a roster spot on Opening Day.

I've bolded the former Silver Hawks.

Pitchers (9): Right-handed pitchers T.J. Beam, Josh Ellis, Barry Enright, Kyler Newby, Rodrigo Lopez, Wes Roemer, Bryan Shaw and Matt Torra, and left-handed pitcher Tommy Layne.

Catchers (3): Carlos Corporan, Sean Coughlin and Konrad Schmidt.

Infielders (2): Jeff Bailey and Mark Hallberg.

Outfielders (3): Collin Cowgill, Evan Frey and Drew Macias.