March 20, 2009 at 2:47 PM
March 20 Fort Report
Some tidbits from Fort Myers ... We learned this week that Robelys Reyes and Ivan Marcano are not with the organization – they never officially signed their contracts … David Harriott, an international signee out of Australia that was supposed to debut in the U.S. in 2009, has opted to retire from baseball … Accordng to Boston.com, Ty Weeden is expected to miss three months with his broken hamate bone (we had previously reported that Weeden was likely to miss the 2009 season) … Also, Nick Hagadone is still progressing nicely, and is now scheduled to return to game action in early May … Alex Speier brings us some interesting minor league notes on Lars Anderson, Josh Reddick, Jason Place, and Oscar Perez … Place is still suffering from a ligament strain in his ankle that he suffered at the end of the 2008 season - he's being held out of game action … Daniel Bard continues his assault on major league hitters, remaining unscathed in Grapefruit League play … Ryan Kalish, Luis Exposito, and Mitch Dening each made appearances for the big league club in Thursday’s game against the Reds … Kalish hit a triple in his only at bat ... Peter Gammons reports that Boston is still searching for another catcher, but continues to reject Arizona’s insistence that Michael Bowden be included in any trade for Miguel Montero.