**No Pepper**: 40-Man Roster Finalized
The Braves left James Jurries off the 40-man roster, leaving him exposed to the Rule 5 draft — say hi to Billy Beane, Jimmy — and kept Mike Hessman. What?!?
Andy Marte is now on the 40-man, as I believe he had to be.
I like Jurries (man, he was a monster in college), but don’t see him getting tabbed in Rule 5 … he’s our lil’ Brian Myrow. Buddy may get picked again.
I’m not certain on Jurries either. Not to say I think the Hessman move is a good one.
But I have noticed Jurries walk numbers have declined and his K rate has increased as he has moved up in the system. That being said, his power numbers seem to be climbing as well. I don’t think Oakland would tap him, seeing as that they have a ton of 1B/DH types on their roster and in their system, but someone like Cleveland might.
We’ll see if Buddy or Stern get any love from elsewhere and I think Barry and Miner may also get tapped. Miner is the one I fear losing the most.
Cleveland likely won’t take anybody in Rule 5 – they’ve filled their roster and may (will probably) lose a few selections.
“Barry and Miner may also get tapped…”
Agreed. Barry has yet to have a stint as a pro where he’s averaged less than 10K/9 and you’ve got love that FB/SL combo. I’m less sure on Miner – he won’t be taken based on accomplishments and I imagine they’ll be players with slightly higher ceilings available … but it wouldn’t surprise me.
Thanks for pointing out the Cleveland situation. Looking over American League rosters, I think the only logical spot for Jurries would be Toronto and maybe either Baltimore or California.