In recent roster news, the Wareham Gatemen have added Cape League veteran Max Perlman, while Orleans is bringing in Jason Esposito, who played for Falmouth last year.
Perlman has had his name mentioned in this space more than any other player who will be on the Cape in 2010. He’s a junior at Harvard, but his great freshman season was way back in 2007. After not pitching at all in the spring of 2008, he had a really good summer with the Gatemen. In his first chance to build on that summer in the spring of 2009, he suffered an elbow injury and missed the rest of the year. Perlman has made five starts this season as he works his way back from the injury. He’s taking the place of Indiana pitcher Blake Monar, who’s injured.
Esposito played for Falmouth last summer and didn’t hit all that well, but he has a prospect reputation and he’s having a huge spring for Vanderbilt. I was surprised that he wasn’t on any rosters initially, but the league’s preview says that Esposito will be in Orleans. Big addition, I’d say. Esposito is hitting .344 this spring with eight homers and a team-best 52 RBI.
Also, I haven’t seen anything on this from any teams, but Utah catcher C.J. Cron is apparently coming to the Cape if he doesn’t make Team USA. Cron, a catcher, is having a huge sophomore season. He’s hitting .418 with 15 homers and 55 RBI.