Announcement
NINE NEW PLAYERS JOIN LEAGUE THROUIGH FALL TRYOUTS
FALL TRYOUTS
Nine new players joined the league through Fall League tryouts player draft at the Santaluces Complex on Sunday, September 30, 2012.
The Create-Core Badgers, formerly known as the Pirates, drafted a 6-5 lefthanded pitcher---Jordan Taylor, a native Californian who now lives in Boynton Beach. Taylor, who spent six years in the US Navy, showed a lively arm as he continues to recover from a pitching arm shoulder injury he suffered while trying it for a Baltimore Orioles' farm club, the Delmarva Shorebirds. Taylor is 27 and can also play first base. He showed power in batting drills, and could help the Badgers as they get set for another season in the 18AAA division.
The White Sox corraled the top hitting prospect in selecting third baseman Alain Hernandez, a 26 year old, who moved to West Palm Beach after a nice high school career at the same Hialeah HS program as Washington Nationals' star lefthander, Gio Gonzalez. Hernandez, who can also play first base and catch will bring a solid stroke to the White Sox as they hope to improve off last year's somewhat disappointing season in the highly competitive 18AAA division.
Seven others were drafted by 18AA division teams. The South Florida Giants took middle infielder Juan Mercedes, 27, of Greenacres, who showed versatility on defense and demonstrated solid hitting in live batting practice.
Two other AA division teams took three players each. The Marlins, who played the past few seasons as the Devil Rays or Rays, took a father/son team in ouitfielder-pitcher Reymar Cabrera, as well as his 43-year old dad, Reimar Cabrera, a pitcher-shortstop. The Cabreras live in Loxahatchee. They also took second baseman-outfielder Noah Tenenbaum, 23, of Wellington.
The Bulldogs added 19-year old Alex Marcantonio of Boca Raton, who plays first base, as well as the outfield, 19-year old outfielder Renard Bailey of Greenacres, and18-year old Mark Snyder of West Palm Beach.
