Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Where Did These Guys Come From: Quad Cities

At 79-59, the Quad Cities River Bandits had the best record in the Midwest League - Western Division, far behind the 91-45 West Michigan Whitecaps. But the Whitecaps couldn't make it out of the quarterfinals because baseball is a faithless whore. Your River Bandits are the reigning Midwest League champs. Where did these dudes come from?

Pitchers

Cole Watts: Drafted - 31st Round, 2017
Peter Solomon: Drafted - 4th Round, 2017
Carlos Sanabria: Signed as free agent - May 2014
Patrick Sandoval: Drafted - 11th Round, 2017 2015
Cesar Rosado: Signed as free agent - May 2015
Yohan Ramirez: Signed as free agent - July 2016
Parker Mushinki: Drafted - 7th Round, 2017
Colin McKee: Drafted - 18th Round, 2016
Cristian Javier: Signed as free agent - June 2015
Tyler Ivey: Drafted - 3rd Round, 2017
Robert Corniel: Signed as free agent - August 2013
J.B. Bukauskas: Drafted - 1st Round, 2017
Adam Bleday: Drafted - 27th Round, 2017

Catchers

Mike Papierski: Drafted - 9th Round, 2017

Infielders

Jake Adams: Drafted - 6th Round, 2017
Marcos Almonte: Signed as free agent - August 2015
Jonathan Arauz: Acquired via trade from Philadelphia with Ken Giles for Brett Oberholtzer, Harold Arauz, Mark Appel, Tom Eshelman, and Vince Velasquez (Oxford Comma comes with the price of a Page View) - December 2015
Cody Bohanek: Drafted - 30th Round, 2017
Roman Garcia: Drafted - 19th Round, 2017
Adrian Tovalin: Drafted - 16th Round, 2017

Outfielders

Bryan De La Cruz: Signed as free agent - July 2014
Corey Julks: Drafted - 8th Round, 2017
Jacob Myers: Drafted - 13th Round, 2017

Designated Hitter

Gabriel Bracamonte: Signed as free agent - June 2015
J.J. Matijevic: Drafted - 1st Round (Comp Pick), 2017

Year Acquired:

2013: 1
2014: 2
2015: 6
2016: 2
2017: 14