Who's in Camp? Durham Bulls from 2016

2016 Position Players

Of the 19 Durham Bulls who played in 25 games or more in 2016, just 8 are in the major league camp with the Rays this spring. And of those, 3 are on the 40-man roster of the Rays, having a shot at sticking with the team. For more info, check out our end-of-season report here.

Here's last season's group, listed in order of # of games played. Players now in the Rays camp are in bold.

• Richie Shaffer, 199 games: Now with Cleveland Indians (via Mariners, Phillies, and Reds over the winter)

• Daniel Robertson, 118 games with Bulls in 2016: On Rays 40-man. Infielder. 22 years old. Not having a particularly good spring with 23 ABs and just 2 hits.
• Dayron Varona, 117 games in 2016: Non-Roster invite to spring training. Outfielder. This spring: 6 hits in 18 ABs. 

• Jaff Decker, 99 games in 2016. Now with Oakland Athletics.
• Jake Goebbert, 93 games in 2016. Now with Arizona Diamondbacks.
• Taylor Motter, 88 games in 2016. Now with Seattle Mariners
• J.P. Arencibia, 78 games. Free agent?

• Jake Hager, 71 games with Bulls in 2016. Non-Roster Invite. Infielder. 23 years old. Spring so far: 21 ABs, 3 hits.
• Johnny Field, 69 games. NRI. Outfield. 16 ABs. 3 hits.
• Nick Franklin, 64 games. On 40-man. Infield. Having a decent spring, but only 18 AB and 9 hits.
• Luke Maile, 58 games. On 40-man. Catcher. 20 AB, 8 hits. 

• Kyle Roller, 50 games. Free agent?

• Casey Gillaspie, 47 games. NRI. Infield (1B). 24 years old. Impressive spring. 19 AB, 5 hits (2 HR).
• Patrick Leonard. 42 games. NRI. Infield. 18 AB, 4 hits.

• Cameron Seitzer. 40 games. With Chicago White Sox
• Juniel Querecuto, 36 games. With San Francisco Giants
• Hank Conger. 30 games. With Arizona Diamondbacks.
• Mikie Mahtook, 27 games. With Detroit Tigers.
• Eury Perez, 17 games. With Pittsburgh Pirates (May see him with Indianapolis).

Update [14 March]: Ooops! This is position players only. Makes my head hurt trying to keep track of the pitchers.