Baseball America has a list of the first minor league transactions. Three players have been granted free agency. Joe Nelson, Michel Hernandez, and Joe Dillon have been granted minor league free agency. The Rays can still get these guys back by resigning them, though. The Rays may choose to bring back Hernandez, since he has performed decently at the Major League level for the Rays. Sorry Joe Dillon fans, he probably won’t come back.
Also announced, according to Baseball America’s same post, were the Rays heading to the Arizona Fall League. Mitch Talbot was added to the list. The complete list is: RHP Matt Gorgen, RHP Paul Phillips, RHP Heath Rollins, C Nevin Ashley, 2B Cody Cipriano, SS Shawn O’Malley and Talbot.
These are the players who will head into the media circus that is Stephen Strasburg, since the Rays share a team with the Nationals, and Strasburg is on that team. Also of note: Winston Abreu was taken off the disabled list
