Cubs Schedule 11 More Players for NRI
The Cubs have announced the names of 11 more players who have received Non-Roster Invitations to Spring Training.
Together with the five players who received NRIs to ST in November, the new list of NRIs is:
* bats or throws left
# bats both
PITCHERS (9):
Jason Anderson
Sean Gallagher
Adam Harben
Ben Howard
* Ryan O'Malley
* Carmen Pignatiello
* Les Walrond
John Webb
Randy Wells
CATCHERS (2):
Jake Fox
# Koyie Hill
INFIELDERS (3):
Mike Kinkade
Casey McGehee
* Eric Patterson
OUTFIELDERS (2):
* Tyler Colvin
Chris Walker
Four notable names NOT on the Cubs NRI list are:
RHP Federico Baez
2B Mike Fontenot
1B Micah Hoffpauir
RHP Jeff Samardzija
Baez--a rubber-armed swingman and one-time infielder in the Orioles organization--pitched for Team Puerto Rico in the WBC last Spring and split time between AA and AAA in '06; Fontenot--the one-time DP partner of Ryan Theriot at LSU, who was acquired by the Cubs from BAL in the Sammy Sosa deal a couple of years ago and who has been the starting 2B at Iowa the last two years--almost certainly has no future in the Cubs organization, but he probably at least deserved a courtesy NRI to the big club's camp; Hoffpauir tied Scott Moore for most HRs among Cubs minor leaguers in '06 and would appear to possibly have a future as an MLB 1B-LF-LHPH; and Samardzija was supposedly promised an '07 NRI to ST when he signed with the Cubs last Summer.
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