Matt Eddy of Baseball America has the full list of Minor League Free Agents, including the following players from the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
RHP: David Bromberg (AA), Brooks Brown (AAA), Erik Cordier (AAA), Jason Erickson (Hi A), Graham Godfrey (AAA), Doug Mathis (AAA), Luis Sanz (AA), Kyle Waldrop (AAA), Kurt Yacko (R)
LHP: Dan Cevette (AA), Jhonathan Ramos (AA), Atahualpa Severino (AAA)
C: Francisco Diaz (Lo A), Devin Ivany (Hi A), Lucas May (AAA), Miguel Perez (AA), Ali Solis (AA)
1B: Russ Canzler (AAA)
2B: Ivan De Jesus Jr. (AAA), Oscar Tejeda (AA)
3B: Jared Goedert (AAA)
SS: Brian Bocock (AAA)
OF: Brett Carroll (AAA), Miles Durham* (Lo A), Darren Ford (AAA), Anthony Norman* (Hi A)
Here are the highlights:
David Bromberg – He was signed as a minor league free agent last year, had a great season in Altoona, and has been doing well in winter ball this off-season. He looks like really good upper level depth, but has the chance to be MLB relief depth going forward.
Erik Cordier – He was consistently hitting triple digits with his fastball with Indianapolis, but lacked control.
Ivan De Jesus – A lot of people wanted him to get a shot in the majors. In the last year he has cleared waivers, was outrighted by Boston, was acquired by the Pirates in the Joel Hanrahan trade, then was left in Triple-A all season. He put up some good offensive numbers, but lacked defensive skill, and can really only be an option at second. That limits his value to a depth option, and is probably why no team has given him a shot on a 40-man roster in the last year.
Russ Canzler – The Pirates added him in a trade for Tim Alderson, with the idea that he could be depth off the bench. That depth wasn’t needed after they traded for Justin Morneau and Marlon Byrd. Alderson is also a free agent.
Atahualpa Severino – I finally memorized the spelling of his name. That’s all.
Overall there aren’t many strong players who are leaving.
