Sea Dogs Initial 2004 Roster

The opening day roster is pretty much set. It looks like Alvarez is definitely coming, along with Zink and Gamble in the rotation, while Juan Cedeno (the Sox’ #2 pitching prospect) will start in A ball and perhaps be here before the end of the season. Same with Murphy and Ramirez. Most of the position players look to be career minor leaguers (“organizational soldiers”), the only guys on the Prospect list are 3B John Hattig and OF Matt Cooper. The returnees include pitchers Tim Kester, Eric Glaser and James Johnson, and infielders Sean McGowan and Raul Nieves. There are also a few guys who played for the Sea Dogs in the Florida organization, including Jesus Medrano, who was an EL all star playing for Portland in 2002.