+ SECTION T, PAGE 10 toledoblade.com THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009 + 2009 Mud Hens roster Larry Parrish Matt Rankin Brent Dlugach Casey Fien Manager Athletic trainer Infi elder Infi elder t Returns for his seventh season t Will handle the Mud Hens’ train- t Ht./Wt.: 6-4/195 t Ht./Wt.: 6-2/200 t Ht./Wt.: 6-5/205 as Mud Hens manager, includ- ing needs for a ninth consecutive t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: L/R ing stints in 1994, season. … Has t Has missed most of the past two t A strike-throwing machine who t Another player with experience 2003-06 and last been in the Tigers seasons because of split time between in Toledo, having year. … Led Toledo organization for right shoulder prob- Double-A Erie and played for the Hens to back-to-back 14 seasons. … lems. … Played in the Mud Hens last in 2005 and ’06. … Governors Cup Spent 1996 as the just seven games year. … Began the Hit .250 in 43 games titles in 2005-06. … trainer for Single- for the Rookie season with the for Toledo in 2005, Named Internation- A Visalia, Calif., Level Gulf Coast SeaWolves, where then batted .228 in al League manager of the Tigers last he was 3-3 with 12 66 games here the of the year in 2005, League before season. … Limited saves and a 2.96 next season. … Last the same year The serving at Single-A to just 22 games ERA in 40 appear- season he played in Sporting News Jamestown, N.Y., for Double-A Erie in ances. … Promoted 124 games for Tri- named him minor league manager of the New York-Penn League for 2007. … His last full to Toledo in late ple-A Tucson in the of the year. … Managed Detroit for two season (1997-98) and two season was in 2006 with Single-A July and was 2-0 with a save and Pacifi c Coast League, hitting .275 the fi nal month of 1998 and all of at Single-A Lakeland, Fla., of the Lakeland, where he batted .256 a 2.40 ERA. … Also pitched in the with eight homers and 55 RBIs. … 1999, posting an 82-104 record. Florida State League (1999-2000). with fi ve homers and 52 RBIs in , going 2-0 In 2007 the Pittsburgh native played … Played 15 years in the major … Earned a bachelor’s degree in 125 games. ... Played short for the in 25 games for the Pirates. … A with two saves and a 1.84 ERA. … versatile player who has seen ac- leagues with Montreal, Texas and community health and a master’s Mud Hens in the Governors’ Cup Was 6-1 with six saves and a 3.10 Boston, earning all-star berths in degree in athletic training from playoffs that year. tion at every spot in both the infi eld ERA for Single-A West Michigan and outfi eld in his career. 1979 and 1987. Ohio University. in 2007. Leon “Bull” Durham Ron Chiavacci Freddy Dolsi Chris Lambert Lucas French Pitcher Hitting coach Pitcher Pitcher Pitcher t Ht./Wt.: 6-1/205 t Back for his ninth season in t Ht./Wt.: 6-2/235 t Ht./Wt.: 6-0/160 t Ht./Wt.: 6-4/220 t B/T: R/R Toledo and his 14th overall. … t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: L/L t Last season he spent most of Spent fi ve seasons in the Anaheim t Back with the Mud Hens after t Began last season with Single-A t Pitched for Double-A Erie last the season with the organization, including one year splitting time with Lakeland, where he season, fi nishing with Single-A Lake Lehigh Valley and was 0-1 with fi ve with a 9-11 record Mud Hens, posting Elsinore in the Round Rock of saves and a 6.14 and 4.02 ERA in 26 a 12-8 record and California League the Pacifi c Coast ERA. … Promoted starts. ... Won his 3.50 ERA in 26 and three in the League last season. to Double-A Erie last fi ve starts for starts. … His ERA -A Pacifi c … Posted a 1-7 April 26 and col- the SeaWolves. ... A ranked fi fth-best Coast League – two record and 5.90 lected two saves mid-season all-star in the IL. … Was with Vancouver and ERA in 11 starts for in three scoreless in the Florida State promoted to Detroit one with Edmon- Lehigh Valley last outings. … Called League in 2007 who in late August and ton. … Played 10 year. … Finished up to the Tigers on fi nished 5-14 with was 1-2 with a big-league seasons with a 5-5 record May 3 and went 1-5 a 4.05 ERA. ... Had 5.66 ERA in eight for St. Louis, the and 6.48 ERA in 14 appearances with two saves and a 3.97 ERA in a career-best 11 wins and a 3.72 appearances with the Tigers. … and Cincinnati, mak- with Round Rock. … In 2007 he 42 relief appearances. … Pitched ERA with Single-A West Michigan Originally a fi rst-round draft pick ing the all-star team in both 1982 helped lead the Hens to a West Di- four times for the Hens, allowing in 2006. ... Originally drafted by the of the Cardinals out of Boston just fi ve hits and one earned run in and ’83. … Belted a career-high vision title with a 12-6 record and Tigers in the eighth round of the College in 2004. … Was traded to 27 home runs in 1987 and had 96 nine innings. … Had 23 saves for 2004 draft. ... Played in the inaugu- Detroit in 2006 for pitcher Mike 3.39 ERA. … Finished third in the Lakeland in 2007 and has a career RBIs in helping the Cubs reach the IL in victories, fourth in ral AFLAC All-America High School Maroth. postseason in 1984. minor-league ERA of 3.01. Classic in 2003. (126) and fi fth in ERA. Pitcher A.J. Sager Scot Drucker Mike Hessman t Ht./Wt.: 6-0/210 Pitching coach Outfi elder Pitcher Infi elder t B/T: B/R t Returns to the Hens for a second t Ht./Wt.: 6-2/205 t Ht./Wt.: 6-1/205 t Ht./Wt.: 6-5/235 t t Spent last season with Triple-A straight year in his eighth season B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R New Orleans of as a coach in the Tigers organiza- t Finished with a career-high 22 t Last season split time between t Returns for his fi fth season with the Pacifi c Coast tion. … The former home runs and a Double-A Erie and the Mud Hens. ... League, going 7-12 University of Toledo team-best 82 RBIs Grand Prairie of Is Toledo’s all-time with a 5.36 ERA standout in football in 126 games here the independent leader in home in 24 starts. … A and baseball also last season. … American Associa- runs with 117. ... 10-year pro who pitched for the Hens Also played in 11 tion. ... Had a 3.75 Begins the season has pitched with in 1996 and ’98. … games for Detroit ERA in nine relief tied for sixth on the Tampa Bay and His other coaching in September. … In appearances for all-time RBI list with Oakland. … Has stops include fi ve 2007 he batted .220 the SeaWolves. ... 296. ... Was voted an 8-4 record and seasons at Single- with seven homers Was 8-3 with a 2.41 to the IL’s mid and 4.39 ERA in 102 A West Michigan and 36 RBIs in 90 ERA in 15 starts for postseason all-star big-league appearances. … His 24 (2002-06) and one games… Has spent Grand Prairie. ... teams each of the starts last season were the most season at Double-A Erie (2007). time with the Tigers in each of the Did not pitch in 2007 because of past two seasons. ... Hit .271 with of his career… Had 10 saves for … Spent fi ve seasons in the big past three seasons. … His best shoulder surgery. ... His career high 34 homers and 72 RBI with the Triple-A Sacramento of the PCL leagues with San Diego, Colorado season came in 2005 with Single-A is nine wins while with Single-A Hens last year. ... Spent time with in 2007 and a career-best 11 for and Detroit. … A member of the Lakeland, where he hit .302 with Stockton of the California League the Tigers the past two season. ... Single-A Jupiter of the Florida State Varsity “T” Hall of Fame who now 18 homers and a career-best 102 in 2006. ... Owns more than 150 Also has played in the majors with League in 2004. lives in Perrysburg. RBIs and was named Florida State pairs of Air Jordan sneakers. Atlanta. ... Has 288 career minor- + League MVP. league home runs. ROSTER CONTINUES ON PAGE 12 + + SECTION T, PAGE 12 toledoblade.com THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009 + 2009 Mud Hens roster Fu-Te Ni Clay Rapada Ryan Roberson Dane Sardinha Danny Worth Pitcher Pitcher Infi elder Infi elder t Ht./Wt.: 6-0/176 t Ht./Wt.: 6-5/195 t Ht./Wt.: 6-5/240 t Ht./Wt.: 6-0/215 t Ht./Wt.: 6-1/185 t B/T: L/L t B/T: R/L t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R tA native of Taiwan who played t Has spent parts of the past t Hammered 25 home runs for t Returns for his third season in t Played in 79 games for Double- for the China Trust two seasons with Double-A Erie last Toledo. … Hit .202 A Erie last season, Whales in the China the Mud Hens. … season, a career in 54 games with batting .254 with Professional Base- Split time between high which tied for the Hens last year, fi ve homers and ball League the Toledo and Detroit second-most in the adding six hom- 33 RBIs. … Was past two seasons. last year, going Eastern League. … ers and 18 RBIs. promoted to Toledo … Was 7-2 with 3-0 with a 4.22 ERA Also had a career- … Also played in in late July but saw a 3.53 ERA in 44 with the Tigers best 87 RBIs to 17 games for the action in just one games last season while posting an rank fourth in the Tigers, where he game for the Hens and was 5-12 with 0-1 record with two EL in that category. hit .159. … Played before a sore right a 3.34 ERA and four saves and a 2.31 … He had a 19- in 117 games for shoulder ended his saves the previous ERA with the Hens. game hit streak for Toledo in 2007, bat- season. … A sec- year. … Led the CPBL with 132 … Came to the Tigers’ organiza- the SeaWolves, which tied for the ting .202 and tying his career high ond-round draft pick of the Tigers strikeouts in ’07. … Pitched for his tion on Aug. 23, 2007 from the longest in the league last season. with 10 homers. … Three of those in 2007 who jumped immediately native country in the 2008 Olym- Chicago Cubs for . … Played in seven games for the homers came in one game against to Single-A Lakeland and played pics, posting a 1-2 record and 4.09 … His best season came in 2006, Mud Hens last year, hitting .240. … Richmond on July 30, 2007, tying a in 51 games there. … Then was ERA. … Also pitched for Chinese when he was 3-2 with 21 saves Spent most of 2007 with Single-A Fifth Third Field record. … Besides promoted to Erie and hit .429 for Taipei in this year’s World Baseball and a 0.82 ERA in 33 appearances Lakeland, where he batted .268 last year’s stint with Detroit, has the SeaWolves. … Was ranked for Double-A West Tennessee in played in the major leagues with as the organization’s eighth-best Classic. with 15 homers and 51 RBIs. the Southern League. Cincinnati . prospect entering last season. Ryan Raburn Nick Regilio Matt Rusch Outfi elder Pitcher Pitcher Outfi elder t Ht./Wt.: 6-0/185 t Ht./Wt.: 6-2/205 t Ht./Wt.: 5-11/195 t Ht./Wt.: 5-11/195 t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: L-R tReturns to the Mud Hens for t Spent last season with Triple- t Made 26 relief appearances tMade Detroit’s ros- Changes in the IL a fi fth season. ... A Round Rock of for the Hens and ter last season but The Mud Hens remain mem- Played in just fi ve the Pacifi c Coast 22 for Double-A spent most of last bers of the , games here last League, posting Erie last season. season in Toledo, the oldest minor league in profes- year and spent a 4-4 record with … Was 3-0 with a hitting .247 with sional baseball. most of the year nine saves and 4.24 ERA in Toledo. nine home runs, 45 with Detroit, hit- … Posted a 1-1 RBIs and 29 stolen But much has changed around a 3.00 ERA. … the IL as it enters its 126th con- ting .236 with four Missed both 2007 record with a save bases in 76 games. homers and 20 and ’06 because of and a 5.45 ERA for … A fi ne defensive secutive season. The biggest RBIs in 92 games. elbow problems, Erie. … Spent all outfi elder who also change involves the move of the ... Played all three but proved he was of 2007 with the had nine outfi eld Richmond franchise to the Atlan- outfi eld positions healthy last year by SeaWolves, going assists for the ta suburb of Lawrenceville, Ga. as well as second and third base making 50 relief appearances. … 6-1 with three saves and a 3.40 Hens. … Batted .284 in 40 games The team is the Gwinnett Braves, for the Tigers. ... Voted to the ERA in 40 relief efforts. … Threw with the Tigers. … Had “Tommy IL’s mid-season all-star team in His elbow problems began in 2005 named after the county. and resulted in surgery in late July well for Single-A West Michigan in John” surgery on his right, or both 2006 and ‘07. ... Has hit 58 2006, fi nishing with a 9-3 record throwing, elbow last September. … While the Braves were the only home runs in his time with Toledo, of that year. … Pitched in the major and a 1.79 ERA in 39 appearances. Played in 137 games for Double-A franchise to change locations, including a single-season high of leagues for Texas in both 2004 and … Has a 21-8 won-loss record for Erie in 2007, hitting .280 with 18 several IL franchises changed 20 in 2006. ’05. his career. steals. affi liation agreements. Cleveland moved its Triple-A Wilkin Ramirez Will Rhymes Dusty Ryan Scott Williamson team from Buffalo to Columbus. Outfi elder Infi elder Catcher Pitcher Buffalo now is connected with t Ht./Wt.: 6-2/190 t Ht./Wt.: 5-9/155 t Ht./Wt.: 6-4/220 t Ht./Wt.: 6-0/197 the New York Mets. t B/T: R/R t B/T: L/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R Washington, which was linked tEarned a spot on the Eastern t Excelled at Double-A Erie last t Had a career year in 2008 as he t Was named with Columbus the last two sea- League’s mid and season, batting rocketed through rookie of the year in sons, now is affi liated with Syra- postseason all-star .306 with 60 RBIs the Detroit system, 1999 after posting a cuse, who had been connected teams after hitting and 17 stolen bas- eventually batting 12-7 record with 19 to Toronto since 1978. .303 with 19 hom- es in 131 games. .318 in 15 games saves and 2.41 ERA All this movement means the ers, 73 RBIs and 26 … Led the Eastern with the Tigers. with Cincinnati. ... collaboration between Toledo steals for Double-A League with 158 … Began the year Made the NL all- and its parent club, the Detroit Erie last season. … star team that year. hits and fi nished in Double-A Erie, Tigers, is the second-longest in Also played in the third in runs scored hitting 15 home ... Spent fi ve sea- Futures Game at sons with the Reds the IL involving teams in their (76) and fi fth in runs and collecting current locations. Yankee Stadium. triples (seven). … 50 RBIs in just 82 and also pitched … Set career highs Collected hits in games. … Named in the majors with The only agreement in place in runs scored (76), doubles (25), fi ve of the six games he played to the Eastern League’s mid-sea- Boston, Chicago Cubs, San Diego longer than that between the triples (seven), homers and RBI in Toledo and fi nished with a .320 son all-star team. … Promoted and Baltimore. ... Split last season Hens and Tigers, which began in last season. … Played briefl y for batting average. … Also played for to Toledo and hit .315 with two between Richmond and Triple- 1987, is the connection between the Hens last year and hit .083 in A Tacoma of the Pacifi c Coast Mesa in the Arizona Fall League, homers and 13 RBIs in 20 games Boston and Pawtucket, which 11 games. … Stole 34 bases in League. ... Was 2-1 with a 6.61 in began in 1973 when the PawSox 122 games split between Erie and where he batted .287. … Hit .304 here. … Ranked as the ninth-best 15 appearances with the R-Braves, Single-A Lakeland in 2007. for Single-A Lakeland in 2007 and prospect in the Tigers organization then had a 3.00 ERA in three relief moved from Louisville, Ky., to + stole 24 bases there. by . efforts with the Rainiers. their present location. +