Jonny Gomes has been recalled from Triple-A Louisville. Gomes who was profiled here as a non roster invitee of the Cincinnati Reds was hitting .282′.361/.580 with nine home runs and 27 RBI in 131 at-bats at the Triple-A level.
Gomes marks the 19th non roster invitee profiled by our site to make it to the majors [...]

Congrats you just made the Texas Rangers as a non roster invitee. Actually considering the amount of players making the Rangers as a non roster invitee you have to wonder how the guys who didn’t make the team feel.
Three years ago the guys the Rangers invited to camp were a list of sluggers, some All-Stars, [...]

I’ve finished choosing a non roster pick for each team. Some I know will be in the majors, others I hope, some could surprise and heck a few of these guys have or will be released in the next day or so.
So to recap. Here were my 2009 Non Roster Invitee picks. All and all [...]

As we finish out our picks for non roster invitees likely to appear in the bigs this season we take a look at Jordan Zimmermann, not to be confused with Jordan Zimmerman the brother of Jeff Zimmerman.
At 22 years of age this 6′2″ right hander is ranked as the Washington Nationals best prospect according to [...]

Though he’s just 22 years of age Cardinal fans can’t wait for the arrival of outfielder Colby Rasmus. Rasmus took a few bumps last season with is promotion to Triple-A but with 64 minor league homers and a .851 OPS in 417 games it’s looking as if Rasmus’ time is near.
A left handed power hitter [...]

Rich Aurilia not making the Giants would be an even bigger shock then the 37-year-old having to settle for a minor league contract with an invite after hitting .283 with 10 homers as a super infield utility man last season.
Make no mistake about it. We love Rich Aurilia here at Tireball.com and so do the [...]

The signing of Shawn Hill has created the possability that multiple San Diego Padre non roster invitees could start the season on the active roster.
Reliever Duaner Sanchez has pitched well this spring and prospect Will Inman ranks as one of the better minor league pitchers in baseball.
However, we’re going to focus on Hill who could [...]

Signed to give Pittsburgh a right handed option off the bench Craig Monroe is actually hitting this spring and appears set to make the Pirates. Monroe, 32, played for the Minnesota Twins last season before he was released in early August.
Once a somewhat dependable bat early in his career who was good for 20 homers [...]

When the Cincinnati Reds acquired reliever Gary Majewski and others during the 2006 season the right hander was considered one of the better young throwers out of the pen. By the end of the 2008 season it had looked as if the Reds certainly were the losers on this deal as Majewski struggled to finish [...]

Lost in the Mets annoying off season quest to sign either Derek Lowe and Oliver Perez was the fact that the team also was looking for an additional starter to round out the rotation.
Internal canidate John Niese was joined by Tim Redding and his two-plus million dollar salary as well as non roster invitees Freddy [...]

The Brewers brought in Chris Duffy and Trot Nixon to compete for one spot in the outfield. Juding from their performance this spring the job belongs to Duffy.
Those familiar with the Brewers or the NL Central probably remember Duffy. He played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates hitting a total of 6 homers while compiling  [...]

Ten years ago or so I gotta admit. Doug Mientkiewicz was kinda cool. After all he was playing in Minnesota, could field a ball and his name somehow had both w and z in it.
Anyway this season he’s trying to make the Los Angeles Dodgers. Last season he tried the same thing with the Pittsburgh [...]

Considering the team has Geoff Blum starting at third base and no real catcher (pending the Ivan Rodriguez signing) I find it pretty damn amazing that this is the best group of players the Astros could get their hands on.
Let’s be honest this is one of the weakest groups of other pieces crap I have [...]

How could we not select Kiko Calero? Calero made his big league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003. While he was a pretty good reliever for the Cardinals in 2003 and 2004 it’s a trade to Oakland for Mark Mulder that got Calero’s name out there.
In four seasons with the A’s Calero pitched [...]

Randy Flores is the older brother to Ron Flores and in this case is our pick for non roster invitee for the Colorado Rockies. Born in Bellflower California, Flores has made a career out of being a solid left handed choice out of big league bullpens.
Drafted by the New York Yankees he began his pro [...]