Greene, Scherer added to 40 man roster
Posted on November 19th, 2008 by erik in Matt Scherer, Tyler GreeneIt is to no great surprise that Tyler Greene was added to the forty man roster. While he does have his deficiencies in terms of making contact, he’s hit well enough in the Arizona Fall League to be taken in the Rule 5 draft if he was left unprotected. A .905 OPS from a middle infielder is impressive, even if it includes 28 strikeouts in 83 at bats.
Scherer comes a bit as a surprise. He’s 25, was a 16th rounder from a small school who went on to put up some monster numbers a couple of seasons ago. He struck out 106 in 80.1 innings in Palm Beach but was old for his league and never closed. Last year for Springfield he pitched OK in middle relief, striking out around a batter per inning. This year, his strikeout rate was way down (13.91%, and only 8.2% swinging strikes) and he had a really low ground ball rate of 34.4%. From the accounts I have read, he throws an 86-89 MPH fastball, a slurvy breaking ball and a nice splitter. You just typically don’t see middle relievers protected like this, unless they are a specialist of some sort, and Scherer is not. Maybe I’m undervaluing him, the club obviously sees something I don’t.
Mark McCormick and Luis Perdomo were the notable names left off, I’m surprised Perdomo was not protected given he has higher upside than Scherer and is all that remains of Flat Hat. McCormick has never been able to stay healthy or throw strikes, but some club may want to gamble on his upside with hopes of making him a reliever.
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I really am surprised that they didn’t keep Perdomo at least another year due to the whole Reyes thing. Huh.
question about rule 5…since perdomo was in AA to end the season, does the team that drafts him have to keep in the majors or just in AAA?
They would have to have Perdomo on the major league roster.
I guess the three option years make Greene a little more valuable than Ryan or Barden.
I was wondering if anybody knew anything about the left hander the Cards picked up off free agency from the Tiger’s Triple A team? I think his name is Ian Ostlund. It looked like he put up some pretty good numbers. Maybe he’ll fight with Charlie Manning for that street free agent spot in spring training.
Would you want Perdomo on your ML roster next year? I think they are banking on him not being picked up. They do still have some space I think though. I can’t wait to see who is left unprotected this year.
Your answer to the Rule 5 question is not necessarily true. If the Cardinals left Perdomo on the AA roster (which was submitted last night at midnight), then a team could select him in the minor league portion of the Rule 5. In all likelihood, he was placed on the AAA roster, which would force a team to select him in the major league portion of the draft and he would have to stick on their roster for the entire season. Just thought I would clarify.
How does Tyler Greene find himself placed upon the forty man roster before Colby Rasmus?
Would you want Scherer on your ML roster next year?
Greene had to be protected this year because he was drafted out of college. Rasmus, though drafted the same year, was a high school player. He doesn’t have to be placed on the 40-man until next year unless he makes the big league club (wishful thinking).