The York Revolution announced Wednesday the returns of three familiar faces in relief pitchers Kris Regas and Yunior Novoa and catcher Salvador Paniagua. On a side note, when I chatted with Revs’ manager Mark Mason earlier this week, he mentioned about 60 percent of the 2013 roster will include players from last year’s club. Four of the first five signings in 2013 are former Revs players. York now has three pitchers (all left-handed) and two position players under contract.

Novoa: I haven’t gotten a chance to catch up with Revs’ manager Mark Mason on the moves yet, but one can imagine York will likely try him out as a starter again and also use him as a long reliever, similar to the role he played last year. Novoa, 28, returns for his third consecutive season in the Atlantic League. He spent 2011 in Lancaster, going 5-5 with a 5.33 ERA in 13 starts and 20 relief appearances. Last season with the Revs, the left-hander went 2-6 with a 4.77 ERA in five starts and 32 relief appearances.

A Dominican Republic native, Novoa will enter his 11th year as a pro in 2013, having topped out at Class AAA Syracuse (Nationals) in 2009.

 

Regas: Come to think of it, all three of the Revs’ pitchers signed to this point are left-handers, including Regas. The Illinois native enjoyed one of his best seasons in 2013, going 3-2 with a 2.92 ERA in 42 relief appearances. The Jacksonville University product struck out 42 and walked 18 in 40 innings of work.

A reliever most of his career, Regas left the Revs before the start of the 2012 season to go to the Mexican League, where he tried being a starter, something he hadn’t done since 2003. In three starts and two relief appearances for Saltillo, Regas posted an 0-2 record and 6.75 ERA. He gave up 11 earned runs in 14.2 innings of work, striking out 11 and walking 10. He went at least five innings in just one of his starts. He came back to York about a month later.

A former prospect of the New York Mets and Detroit Tigers, Regas last played affiliated ball in 2009. This marks the third straight season Regas, 33, will suit up for the Revs.

Paniagua: It’s been an odd journey for Paniagua. He came to the Revs in 2011 after spending a year playing in the independent United League and Mexican League. In 2011, the Dominican Republic native started off the season backing up catcher Octavio Martinez before beating out Martinez for the starting gig in the final month or so of the season. He then went on to provide a pair of clutch hits in a Game 2 victory over the Lancaster Barnstormers in the Freedom Division Series, including a seventh-inning tiebreaking homer. For the season, he batted .251 with six homers and 21 RBIs.

In 2012, York started off the year with Travis Scott and Salvador Paniagua behind the dish as a platoon. York released Paniagua on July 19 and signed his replacement, Salomon Manriquez, the next day. Paniagua, 29, batted .227 with five homers and 18 RBIs in 40 games. He went to play a combined 35 games in the independent North American League, batting .292 with seven homers and 33 RBIs between Rio Grande Valley and San Rafael.

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Here it is, the fourth and final recap of the 2012 York Revolution squad, this time on the bullpen and catchers (sorry catchers, no separate post for perhaps the toughest position in baseball). My apologies on getting around to this late, been a little busy covering high school sports as we get into the time of the year for league titles, playoffs, districts and beyond, as well as catching up on reading all the Sports Illustrateds that have been laying around the house for weeks (seriously, who can read those things front to back each week?) and breaking my ankles jumping on and off the Baltimore Orioles’ bandwagon (don’t act like you weren’t doing the same). Anyway, before we get to that, wanted to point out a couple newsworthy items worth checking out:

- Atlantic League expansion…to the Caribbean?: YDR Revs’ beat writer Jim Seip did a good job reporting on Peter Kirk’s intentions of possibly expanding the Atlantic League to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico or Cuba (yes, really, Cuba). This would make sense, considering at least a fifth of most Atlantic League rosters are made up of players from the Caribbean. A roster could easily be filled should the league want to travel far down south. And if it can be any kind of draw like Sugar Land, why not give it a shot? The only question mark would be travel costs. It makes no sense to do it if the league loses money.

- Camden front office: The Riversharks sent out a press release Monday announcing longtime general manager Adam Lorber is being promoted to general manager AND team president. Lorber has served as the team’s GM since 2003. In addition, Lindsay Rosenberg, who has spent the last four seasons in group sales has been promoted to the position of assistant general manager. Rosenberg earned a bachelor’s degree in Sports, Entertainment and Event Management from Johnson and Wales (Rhode Island) University in 2009. While attending school, she had opportunities to work at both Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA and at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Now on to the recap….

 

As far as publicity goes, the guys in the bullpen have it tough. Position players and starting pitchers normally get most of the attention. On the rare occasion a reliever gets anything said about him, it’s normally because he’s been lights-out as a closer or a set-up man or he made an impressive spot start. So, if a reliever doesn’t fit that category, he’s probably left out on the street with the rest of the guys who don’t get much attention, even if they might have an interesting back-story. So, lets just say this blog post is my attempt at making up for all of that….

At the start: At the start of the year, York’s bullpen consisted of right-handers Dumas Garcia, Ricardo Gomez, Omar Javier, Santo Luis, Stephen Penney, R.J. Rodriguez, Shaun Garceau and Adam Thomas and left-handers James Houser, Yunior Novoa and Ian Thomas. By the end Gomez, Novoa, Penney, Rodriguez and Thomas were all that were left of the original bunch. Newcomers on York’s year-end roster included right-handers Mike Benacka and Kris Regas and left-hander Wade Korpi.

Come and go: Garcia (1-0, 6.00 ERA, 27 games), Garceau (0-0, 7-71 ERA, 3 games), Houser (2-1, 5.50 ERA, 33 games), Javier (1-6, 5.66 ERA, 22 games) and Luis (0-0, 4-50 ERA, 3 games) were all released at some point in the season, while right-hander Andy Wells (0-0, 16.61 ERA, 3 games) and left-handers Matt Chico (1-3, 7.50 ERA, six starts) and Victor Garate (0-0, 5.40 ERA, 1 game) were on the short list of pitchers who joined York mid-season but would be released before the end of the year.

Picked up: Thomas the only York reliever and one of three Revs’ players to earn a big league contract this season (all three were pitchers)  in 2012. The 25-year-old earned his first affiliated contract after putting together a 0.96 ERA in 9.1 innings of relief for York. He had spent his first three pro seasons with independent club Winnipeg (Northern League/American Association) before coming to York. In 26 relief appearances for Rome, the lefty went 5-0 with a 3.15 ERA, striking out 58 and walking 15 over 45.2 innings pitched.

8th/9th inning guys: Right-hander R.J. Rodriguez started off the year as the Revs’ closer but lost the job to Ricardo Gomez when he left for the Mexican League mid-season. Adam Thomas served as the Revs’ set-up man the majority of the first-half and then split the duties with Rodriguez when he returned. Rodriguez did fill in as the ninth-inning guy occasionally in the final couple months. Rodriguez went 2-3 with a 2.02 ERA and 13 saves over 55 appearances. Thomas had a 8-2 record and 3.65 ERA in 67 appearances (64 innings), striking out 42 and walking 15. Gomez collected 17 saves, 2.66 ERA and 4-1 record in 46 games (47.1 innings).

Middle relief: Left-handers Yunior Novoa (2-6, 4.71 ERA, five starts, 38 games), Kris Regas (3-2, 2.78 ERA, 44 games) and Wade Korpi (4-0, 2.26 ERA, 3 starts, 18 games) and right-hander Stephen Penney (2-1, 3.13 ERA, 62 games) had good seasons in the ‘pen.

Novoa went back-and-forth between the bullpen and starting rotation at the start of the year before serving mainly as a reliever in the final few months. Korpi ended up being a good mid-season pick-up for the Revs. The lefty was lights-out in his three spot starts, putting up a stellar 1.93 ERA in 9.1 innings.

One other middle reliever, Mike Benacka, joined York in the final month of the season and had a 1-0 record, 3.00 ERA and one save in six relief appearances. But he took the loss after giving up four runs on one hit and two walks in 2/3 of an inning in Game Two of the Freedom Division Championship Series against Lancaster. The Revs didn’t like what they saw, either, sending him back to the Laredo Lemurs (American Association) after the season.

Catchers: Instead of dedicating a whole blog post to the catchers, it’ll be included here as more an honorable mention (sorry Travis Scott and Salomon Manriquez). York started off the year with Scott and Salvador Paniagua behind the dish. Etch’ used the left-handed hitting Scott and right-handed hitting Paniagua as a platoon. York released Paniagua on July 19 and signed Manriquez the next day. It’s tough in the Atlantic League to find a solid defensive catcher who can also hit well. And when that rare guy comes along, he’s normally picked up right away by a big league club since that’s so rare. That’s why it’s tough to be hard on Atlantic League clubs about not finding a solid-hitting catcher. Plus, it has to be hard on catchers to have a good batting average considering they’re not playing every game for obvious reasons.

With all that being said, Scott had a .228 average with seven homers and 28 RBIs in 81 games while Manriquez finished with a .287 average, two homers and 16 RBIs in 32 games. Manriquez upped his batting average in his final 18 games, during which he went he hit .387. Paniagua departed mid-season with a .227 average over 40 games.

(Note*The following stats are through Game 2 of the FDCS) As far as how they performed behind the plate, Paniagua caught in 40 games (38 starts) and caught a total of 328.2 innings. York pitchers had a 4.11 ERA with Paniagua catching. Revs’ pitchers were about the same in the 601.1 innings with Scott behind the dish with a 4.12 ERA. Manriquez, meanwhile, made 32 starts to help Revs’ pitchers get a 3.63 ERA in his 275.1 innings catching. However, all three had trouble throwing out runners at second and third. Paniagua caught 5 of the 40 guys who stole on him, while Scott gunned 12 of 48 and Manriquez nailed down just three of 25 base-stealers. That’s a combined percentage of 17.7 (20 caught of 113 base-stealers).

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In case you haven’t check out these blog entries yet, click here to read the final notes and observations from the Freedom Division Championship Series or here to read about former Revs pitcher Shawn Hill making history when picking up a win in the big leagues Saturday with the Blue Jays.

Also, check out my column reflecting on the Revs’ 2012 season.

THANK YOU! I understand if most of you check out on baseball for a little while. So, just in case, I want to say thank you to  all of those who daily check in on this blog throughout the year. It definitely makes me feel like all the hard work I put in for you all is worth it.

For those of you who stick around, I’ll be posting stuff on here at least through October related to the Revs and the Atlantic League, maybe recapping the pitching staff, outfield and infield, notable roster moves made that aided down the stretch (and moves that didn’t happen), as well as recapping the Atlantic League players who earned affiliated contracts this season. There’s also going to be an article on the final 2012 attendance numbers coming looking at the Revs and the rest of the Atlantic League.

Revs playing winter ball: No. York is not going to be suiting up during the months of November and December. Rather, there are quite a few Revs’ players planning on playing winter ball during the so-called “off-season.”

According to York baseball operations manager Andrew Ball, there are at least seven players who have expressed interest in playing somewhere this winter. He said slugger Chris Nowak, short stop Joe Thurston and first baseman Johan Limonta plan on playing in Venezuela. Starting pitcher Chris Waters, reliever Kris Regas, second baseman Andres Perez and outfielder Michael Hernandez also plan on playing somewhere this winter.

Roster moves: There are always outs and ends to tie up at the end of every season, sometimes there are previous deals like “player to be named later” or “future considerations” to seal up. Ball said the Revs could make roster moves right now, but Atlantic League clubs are advised to wait until the playoffs are finished to do so. As a result, clubs will likely start messing with their rosters around Oct. 10. As for the 2013 season, teams can’t begin to put their rosters together until Jan. 1, 2013.

Championship Series: The Long Island Ducks defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, 5-4, in the deciding Game Five of the Liberty Division series on Sunday night. Long Island scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to eventually to win it. Two of those came on a two-run homer from former Rev Bryant Nelson. Former Rev Matt Esquivel scored the final run on Shawn Williams RBI single. The Ducks will now move on to face the Lancaster Barnstormers in the Atlantic League Championship Series, which begins Wednesday in Lancaster. That will mean eight of the last nine league champions will have won a first-half division crown.

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Mid-way through Ryan Feierabend’s last start with the York Revolution, I remember saying to myself, ‘Well, at least he’ll be with York for at least another month.’ (And apparently Revs manager Andy Etchebarren had said the same thing himself on the bus ride back).

Feierabend, you see, had entered his last start on May 30 against Bridgeport coming off a complete-game, one-run performance. In his previous five starts before May 30, Feierabend went 3-0 with a 1.30 ERA. It was likely just a matter of time before the former big leaguer would be picked up.

Then, May 30 came. Feierabend surrendered 11 runs (five earned) on 11 hits in 2.1 innings in a 15-9 to the Bluefish.

If any big league clubs were interested in picking up the left-hander, maybe that performance would cause them to back away a bit.

But if any clubs were thinking that, it wasn’t the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds picked up Feierabend on Tuesday to become the second Revs’ player this year to be signed by a big league club, joining lefty reliever Ian Thomas who signed with Atlanta on May 17.

The Reds assigned Feierabend to Class AAA Louisville, where Feierabend will take the spot of starter Jeff Francis,who had a June opt-out clause in his contract with the Reds and exercised it after throwing a shutout on Sunday for Louisville.

Feierabend went 3-2 with a 3.24 ERA in seven starts for the Revolution, ranking eighth in the Atlantic League in ERA.

Feierabend will continue his journey on trying to get back to the big leagues. Feierabend had made eight starts for the Seattle Mariners in the second half of the 2008 season. He would have started the team’s final game of the year against the Oakland Athletics, except a nagging arm injury that bugged him during the first half of the year popped back up again. Rehab over the ensuing off-season hadn’t cured the injury, which he found out when throwing a bullpen session in March 2009 during spring training with the Mariners. Tommy John surgery caused him to miss the entire 2009 season.

In his comeback from surgery in 2010, Feierabend went 4-7 with a 5.30 ERA in 17 starts for the Mariners’ Class AAA Tacoma team. In 2011, Feierabend went 10-8 with a 5.39 ERA for the Phillies’ Class AAA Lehigh Valley team.

For what it’s worth, Feierabend also seems like a stand-up guy. Back in spring training, he talked openly about taking care of his ill mother when he was a teenager in high school. And he’s good at remembering names, which gains some of my respect.

Garceau, Regas: While Feierabend has departed York, the Revs welcomed back left-handed reliever Kris Regas and right-handed reliever Shaun Garceau. Regas returns to York after spending the last month with Mexican League club Saltillo. He had been in spring training camp with York but Saltillo picked him up before the season started. Garceau comes back after spending the last month on the inactive list dealing with tendinitis in his throwing arm.

Regas, 32, came to York late last season from Lancaster in a trade for future considerations. The left-hander is a former New York Mets’ and Detroit Tigers’ prospect. He held opponents scoreless in nine appearances for York last year, including five postseason appearances. A reliever most of his career, Regas went to the Mexican League to try out being a starter, something he hadn’t done since 2003. In three starts and two relief appearances for Saltillo, Regas posted an 0-2 record and 6.75 ERA. He gave up 11 earned runs in 14.2 innings of work, striking out 11 and walking 10. He went at least five innings in just one of his starts.

Garceau had made a few appearances in spring training before being put on the inactive list before the season began to deal with tendonitis in his right throwing elbow. He was activated on May 4 and pitched that night against Bridgeport, tossing one perfect inning in his only appearance this season. But Garceau complained of soreness the next day and has been on the inactive list ever since.

To make room for Regas, the Revs released right-handed reliever Andy Wells on Tuesday. Wells was brought on board a couple weeks ago to basically give York some depth in the bullpen after Thomas was signed by the Braves the week before. At the time of Wells’s signing, York was looking at 15 games in a span of 14 days. Wells posted a 16.62 ERA in three relief appearances for York.

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Well, LHP Kris Regas just made the lives of Revs’ manager Andy Etchebarren and pitching coach Mark Mason a little bit easier.

York learned Monday that Regas has signed with Saltillo, of the Mexican League. Mason also said Monday the team has placed RHP Shaun Garceau (shoulder) on the inactive list.

As a result, York will head to Sugar Land on Tuesday with 12 position players and 13 pitchers. A couple days ago, York had 27 players on the active roster – 12 position players and 15 pitchers. And Etch’ wanted to trim the roster down by one by getting rid of a pitcher. With Regas departing and Garceau on the inactive list, Etch’ and Mason no longer have to worry about making roster decisions. For now, anyway.

Garceau is dealing with tendonitis in his right throwing shoulder. He will stay in York this week and will be re-evaluated when the team returns home next week. Mason said RHP Dumas Garcia will arrive in York from Colombia next week.

“Because (Garcia) probably hasn’t thrown much I think we’re going to keep him inactive for maybe most of the homestand next week and see what we got,” Mason said. “So, the 13 (pitchers) we’re going to Texas will be the 13 guys who are on the active list and will be on the active list when we come home.”

So, the roster is set for now. But Etch’ and Mason might have to make some tough roster decisions in a couple weeks when Garceau and Garcia are evaluated.

Regas: Regas, 32, came to York late last season from Lancaster in a trade for future considerations. The left-hander is a former New York Mets’ and Detroit Tigers’ prospect. He held opponents scoreless in nine appearances for York last year, including five postseason appearances. He also looked sharp in spring training.

Being that York still has three left-handed options in the bullpen (LHP Yunior Novoa, LHP James Houser and LHP Ian Thomas), Mason said he isn’t worred about the depature of Regas.

Regas said Monday this will be his first time playing in a foreign country.

“During the off-season I teach, so I’ve always had a pretty stable job and I was never able to play winter ball anywhere outside of the country,” he said.

Regas didn’t rule out returning to York at the end of the season when the Mexican League season wraps up in August.

“I’m going to leave my car with my host family here (in York), so whenever it ends for me I’ll have to come back here,” Regas said.

Regas said he’ll leave York later this week, flying out of Harrisburg International Airport.

Garceau: Garceau said Monday he’s never dealt with an arm injury before and he believes the tendonitis in his right throwing shoulder is minor.

“I think it’s really minor. They said they want to get me back as soon as possible. I’m going to stay here, put all temptation aside to go and stay here and rest up,” he said.

Garceau started off spring training by throwing and then having a day off. He did that twice until he threw on back-to-back days on Thursday and Friday. Garceau said he had been throwing regularly over the off-season, but he didn’t throw at all the week before he arrived in York, which may have played a role in the injury.

“I was throwing and throwing and just the last week I was doing a lot of stuff trying to get here. Maybe I kind of rushed into it considering where I was a month ago,” he said.

Arrivals: RHP reliever Ricardo Gomez and SS Danny Gonzalez arrived in York over the weekend. Gomez is fresh off pitching in the playoffs in a league in Panama and Gonzalez said he recently played in a league in Puerto Rico.

Starting rotation: Mason re-affirmed on Monday that York’s first four starters at Sugar Land will be RHP Corey Thurman, LHP Ryan Feierabend, LHP Chris Cody and LHP Jesus Sanchez. But it sounds like Sanchez will need a good outing if he wants to keep his job.

“And then when we come home you’ll see the same four and then the fifth day at home will be the first time for the fifth starter, probably RHP Omar Javier. But there’s a chance maybe Sanchez gets bumped out of there and maybe Javier or LHP Yunior Novoa will be the four and five. We’re pretty set on our first three.”

Starting lineup: Etchebarren said his starting lineup on Thursday will be 1. Scott Grimes (CF), 2. Stephen Douglas (RF), 3. Ramon Castro (3B), 4. Chris Nowak (1B), 5. Michael Hernandez (DH), 6. Andres Perez (2B), 7. James Shanks (LF), 8. Danny Gonzalez (SS), 9. Salvador Paniagua (C).

Travel plans: The Revs will depart from York by bus at 8 a.m. on Tuesday for Baltimore Washington International Airport, where the team will fly out of to Sugar Land. Etch’ said the team may practice at Constellation Field on Tuesday.

Mariners sign a Bluefish: The Bridgeport Bluefish announced on Sunday that outfielder Chris Pettit has been picked up by the Seattle Mariners and assigned to Class AAA Tacoma. Pettit enters his sixth of professional baseball. The 27-year-old began the 2011 campaign in the Major Leagues with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and would finish the year splitting time between Triple-A Salt Lake and Double-A Arkansas. Pettit is the first Bluefish to be picked up by an affiliated club this year.

New radio home for Barnstormers: The Lancaster Barnstormers announced on Monday  that its new radio home is WLAN-AM, 1390, a Clear Channel station based in downtown Lancaster, and on the station’s web stream at 1390wlan.com. The Barnies have been looking for a new radio home since last month after WLAN-1490 dropped them for Philadelphia Phillies games.

Atlantic League team in Boston?: An article on BallparkDigest.com reported on Monday that Alex Bok, president of the Boston Baseball Field of Dreams LLC, is interested in putting an Atlantic League franchise in Boston. The article reports a $50 million price tag for a new ballpark and if everything goes according to plan, Bok is eyeing a 2014 opening. Then again, we’ve seen what has happened with plans like these before (i.e. Loudon Hounds), so proceed with caution.

 

 

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Omar Javier’s numbers in the Atlantic League last season weren’t all that impressive. An 0-6 record and 5.65 ERA in eight starts and three relief appearances with the Road Warriors.
However, the right-hander seemed to bring his best stuff when he faced the York Revolution. In two starts against the Revs a year ago, Javier allowed just three runs on seven hits in 10 2/3 innings.

“He pitched really well against us,” Revs pitching coach Mark Mason said. “We liked what we saw. He competed and had good movement and kept the ball down. I talked to our hitters and they said he was pretty tough. He handled our team and we were one of the best hitting teams in the league last season.”

With the Road Warriors organization scrapped this season due to the expansion Sugar Land (Tex) Skeeters joining the Atlantic League, Javier was a free agent on the open market. And the Revs decided to go after him.

Javier is one of four player signings York announced on Monday.

In addition to Javier, York brought back relievers Dumas Garcia and Kris Regas. The Revs also announced that infielder Liubiemithz Rodriguez will be coming back to the team as a player-coach.

Pitching: The recent signings now brings York’s 2012 roster to seven players. And thus far, York’s bullpen has the appearance of being pretty good. Last week, York announced the signing of reliever Santo Luis, who posted a 0.83 ERA in 21 relief appearances last season with the Lincoln Saltdogs, of the independent American Association.

Garcia, 28, went 2-3 with a  3.68 ERA in nine relief appearances and four starts for York last season after joining the club in early August. A former Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs prospect, Garcia’s best performance came in the 10th inning of Game 5 of the Atlantic League Freedom Division Series, where the right-hander struck out Travis Metcalf in three pitches for the final out to send York on to the league championship series.

York acquired Regas, a former New York Mets and Detroit Tigers prospect, late last season in a trade with the Lancaster Barnstormers in exchange for future considerations. Regas held opponents scoreless in nine appearances for York, including five appearances in the playoffs.

“I like to build the front end with starting pitching and then bullpen from back to front,” Mason said.

Javier: Mason said Javier, 24, will audition for a starting rotation spot in spring training. If that doesn’t work out, Javier could be moved to the bullpen.

A Dominican Republic native, Javier is a former St. Louis Cardinals prospect who owns a career 0-19 record and 6.50 ERA in four minor league seasons.

Mason is hoping Javier will pitch more like he did against York last year.

“The best thing is his velocity is good and he had command of more than one off-speed pitch,” Mason said. “He pitched really well. He’s kind of a ‘I’ll pitch at anytime guy.’”

Rodriguez: Rodriguez’s addition now gives Revs manager Andy Etchebarren a four-person coaching staff along with Mason and third base coach Enohel Polanco, who had served as York’s first player-coach in 2010 before transitioning to full-time coach last season.

“(Rodriguez’s) responsibilities will be to work with guys on their fielding,” Etchebarren said. “Plus, he’s a good player. He’ll be able to play for us whenever we need him.”

Rodriguez, 35, reached the major leagues with the Chicago White Sox in 1999 and batted .237 with a homer and 12 RBIs in 39 games. He has played in the minor leagues ever since. More recently, he has started 172 games at second base in his Revs career, the most in team history. Last season, Rodriguez batted .231 with 23 RBIs and a homer in 75 games for York.

“I think he has what it takes to be a big league coach,” Etchebarren said. “So, we’re trying to get him back there.”

TICKETS ON SALE SOON: Individual tickets for the 2012 season go on-sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. both online and in-person at the Apple Chevrolet Ticket Office as part of the “Home Runs for Hearts” event presented by the American Heart Association and Lincolnway Flower Shop. Longtime pitcher Corey Thurman will be on-hand signing autographs from 10 a.m. until Noon. Visit www.YorkRevolution.com for more details.

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