After Notes From the Nat explained the minor league rosters yesterday, another minor league list came out, and it’s not a good one.  The dreaded ‘Extended Spring Training’ roster came out Monday, and there are many ex-Canadians who will be staying at Papago Park until a spot opens up for them with one of the short-season clubs, or a full-season team who needs an extra player or two.

From the 2007 Canadians, there are just shy of 20 players still in Phoenix, including all three C’s catchers.

Keep in mind, many of the players on this list who have played at a higher level (i.e. Kevin Melillo) are probably rehabbing injuries, while other guys such as Francisco Tirado and Raymond Rodriguez are almost shoe-ins to be Vancouver Canadians in June.

Here is the list:

Extended Spring Training Roster
Catchers
Love, Dante
Napoleon, Michael
Nunez, Juan
Rivera, Julio

Infielders
Arrieche, Carlos
Frash, Justin
Gil, Leonardo
Luis, Marcos
Melillo, Kevin
Rodriguez, Yunior
Tirado, Francisco
Wentzell, Dan

Outfielders
Boyd, Chad
Cunningham, Aaron
Desme, Grant
Donovan, Todd
Hernandez, Franklin
Herrera, Javier
Hudson, Herbert
Klein, Adam
Macias, Lorenzo
Pruitt, J.D.
Rodriguez, Raymond
Sierra, Angel
West, Jareck

Pitchers
Christensen, Kyle
Collins, Bryan
Deaza, Inoel
Figueroa, Pedro
Garcia, Hector
Garcia, Jose
Gissell, Chris
Glushon, Jason
Gomez, Fabian
Guzman, Jose
Hernandez, Carlos
Kerfoot, Chad
Komine, Shane
Land, Lee
Lee, Chad
Lysander, Brent
McLaughlin, Josh
Meyer, Dan
Mitchell, Mike
Morla, Ronny
Mota, David
Oakes, Earl
Sewell, Lance
Shafer, David
Sharpe, Steve
Shull, James
Tacker, Ryne
Tejeda, Edgar
Villegas, Juan
Windsor, Jason

The injuries have piled up over the course of the last month, with 2004 NWL MVP Javier Herrera, 2007 OF Grant Desme, 2005-2006 1B/OF Chad Boyd and RP Mike Mitchell and Jason Windsor all battling injuries.

That doesn’t include the guys who haven’t even reported to Phoenix, such as ‘Amblin’ Dan Hamblin and Steve ‘Squeaky’ Kleen.  Kleen is recovering from an undisclosed off-season surgery, and Hamblin suffered an off-season injury.

The Sacramento Rivercats, Midland Rockhounds, Stockton Ports and Kane County Cougars all open their season this Thursday.  Kane County has announced their Opening Day starter, and it’s three-time Cougar Craig Italiano, who returns to baseball after getting hit in the head with a line-drive last season.  Good luck to the ‘Cougs.