Roster Announced

The 2011 Silver Hawks Opening Day roster is posted now at http://www.silverhawks.com/.

Roster News

I've unofficially heard that Brian Budrow will be back in the Silver Hawks bullpen, and that J.R. Bradley tweeted that he is coming to South Bend.  I also saw that Derek Eitel was slated to come to South Bend, but will now be headed to Visalia.  All this information was gathered via social media sites or through personal emails.

So there's two names.  23 to go.

Our hope is that the roster is announced tomorrow.  If not, I'd say Saturday or Sunday at the absolute latest.  When I know something, I'll get a press release sent out, put it on our website, and link you to it from this blog.

Roster Up on Home Page

Our official roster has been released. Go to www.silverhawks.com to read the press release!

Roster and Broadcast Notes (VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW)

I know everyone wants the roster ASAP. I get that. But I also understand that our official opener isn't until Thursday, things can happen between now and then, and the Diamondbacks (amongst other major league clubs) don't like releasing a roster when they still might make a change to it. So everyone take a deep breath, enjoy the rest of your Easter Sunday, and we'll have the roster for you tomorrow morning.

Secondly, our games will be broadcast on 1620 ESPN Radio again this year in the South Bend area. If you live elsewhere, you can catch them all online. For the regular season games, a link will appear on http://www.silverhawks.com/ that should say "Listen". Click that, it'll take you to the page. Or, you can just bookmark http://www.allinbroadcasting.com/Southbend.html. That should take you to the page you need as well, and then just click what format you want to listen to it in.

THIS NEXT PARAGRAPH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WILL EVER WRITE ON THIS BLOG!

You can only listen when the game is live. If you try to get it and the Silver Hawks aren't playing, you'll likely get an error message. If you are positive the Silver Hawks are playing, and you are not getting the game, please call 1-888-337-1105. This number will take you to All In Broadcasting. They stream our games for us, but they are neither employed by the Silver Hawks or ESPN Radio. Be polite, tell them you aren't getting the Silver Hawks game, and they'll try to fix the problem. I can't repeat this enough: Emailing me or calling ESPN Radio if you have problems with the streaming audio will not solve the problem. YOU MUST CALL THE 1-888-337-1105 NUMBER.

Official Roster on Monday

I know, I know...you all want the official Opening Day roster. However, even though players will be making their way to the South Bend soon, I do not have permission to release the roster until Monday morning.

This is so the Diamondbacks can make last minute changes, etc.

It'll be up on www.silverhawks.com as soon as it's final and I have the go ahead to release it.

Thanks!

Opening Night

It's Opening Night for Major League Baseball, although I'm still not a big fan of ESPN's game on Sunday night before the rest of the league opens Monday. I'm from the greater Cincinnati area, and the tradition was always that the Reds played the first game of the year since they were the first professional baseball team. Now granted the Reds have the first game tomorrow, but it's just not the same for lifelong Reds fan like me.

Enough about the Majors, let's talk Minor League Baseball, and more specifically, the South Bend Silver Hawks.

You'll see in the post below, I've listed the projected Opening Day roster. This can all change up until Thursday's opener, but those are the players who have apparently made the trip northeast from Tucson.

Being new to the Silver Hawks, and by extension, the Diamondbacks organization, I am like each of you in that I have a lot to learn about these guys. There are some players selected in the first ten rounds of the draft, and there are some guys who were late round draft picks -- or not even drafted at all. It's always interesting to see how 25 come together as one throughout the course of the season.

I'll meet all of the players tomorrow, so I'll try to post some interesting stuff tomorrow night when I get a chance. The next few days will be incredibly busy for players and staff alike, but I'll post some tidbits about the team from time to time.

A reminder: Your first stop for team information (tickets, promotions) and game results should always be http://www.silverhawks.com/. This blog will be for more behind-the-scenes info, and supplemental coverage. And of course, for the first time in a long time, you can listen to the games on 1490 ESPN Radio or online at http://www.silverhawks.com/.

Enjoy Major League Opening Day tomorrow, and pray for weather forecasts to start improving soon.

The Roster!

Here is the unofficial Opening Day roster. Changes can still be made up until the first game, but this is most likely the 25 that will be the Opening Day roster for your South Bend Silver Hawks.

Pitchers (13)
Ryan Cook
Trevor Harden
Terry Hose
Justin Mace
Jordan Meaker
Wade Miley
Brett Moorhouse
Sean Morgan
Rafael Quezada
Taylor Sinclair
Daniel Vasquez
Bryan Woodall
Bayron Zepeda

Catchers (2)
Ryan Babineau
Chris Davis

Infielders (6)
Jacob Elmore
Victor Estevez
Nelson Gomez
Reynaldo Navarro
Justin Parker
Ramon Ramirez

Outfielders (4)
Isaias Ascencio
Alberto Diaz
Brendan Duffy
Alfredo Marte