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In the minors of some teams, there are players with the first name of Great. I was curious if these were based off of real players, or were just fakes put there to fill the minors. I remember seeing somewhere on this forum that one of these ˝Greats" was Steve Pearce, but I am not sure where. If anyone knows who these players are in real life, or if they are just filler, I would greatly appreciate it if you could let me know so I could use them for my roster updates. Thanks in advance!

Thanks a ton, dishnetkid.

Not all of those are accurate, Erik. If you want to know about any certain ones you're not sure about, let me know.

I wasn't 100% sure about Great Roberts on the Tigers, but I'll probably make him Smyly, Alberquerque, or Coke anyways.

He's born in 1981 so that might not work. I think he's Eddie Bonine.

I'll go through the whole list later if you want.

That would be great, Phillies. Thank you guys for all your help.

GREAT TEAM POS MLB IDENTITY NOTE
Reyes BOS C George Kottaras This one's correct.
Harris BOS C Dusty Brown Good.
Lopez BOS 1B Chris Carter (?) Nope, it would seem this is Jeff Natale, but a simple switch of the batting hand and you can make him Chris Carter if you want.
Gordon NYY 3B Wilson Betemit Good.
Guillen TOR P Gustavo Chacin Good.
Johnson BAL 1B Kevin Millar Good.
Thompson BAL P Jamie Walker Good.
Santana CLE 2B Josh Barfield Good.
Soriano CLE P Brian Slocum (?) Good.
Sanchez CLE P Edward Mujica (?) Good.
Roberts DET P Francisco Cruceta (?) Would seem this is Eddie Bonine, but could be either I guess.
Lowe MIN C Jose Morales check
Byrd MIN 2B Alexi Castilla check
Sweeney MIN P Glen Perkins check
Hart CWS LF/3B Josh Fields check
Floyd CWS OF Jerry Owens check
Snyder CWS P Andrew Sisco Clayton Richard, I think.
Lee CWS P Charlie Haeger (?) check (knuckleball tells it all)
Bautista CWS P Lance Broadway (?) Adam Russell, I think.
Miller KCR P Ron Mahay check
Molina KCR 1B Ryan Shealy check
Jimenez KCR P Kyle Davies check
Cordero KCR P Ryan Braun check
Baker SEA C Rob Johnson Could be edited to Jeff Clement, not sure if this is right or not.
Martinez SEA CF Jeremy Reed check
Cruz SEA P Cha Seung Baek check
Castro OAK P Dan Meyer yep
Ross CHC RF Sam Fuld (?) Would seem this is Sam Fuld but it's unclear.
Duncan CHC P Neal Cotts
Scott MIL LF Mel Stocker (?) Brad Nelson I think.
Shields MIL P Zach Johnson Zack Jackson.
Burke HOU CF Yordany Ramirez This guy got turned into a pitcher, not heard of him since..
Romero HOU P Fernando Nieve (?) Some think he's other people but I'm pretty sure he's Nieve.
Moore HOU P Chad Reineke (?) He seems right also.
Kennedy CIN SS Alex Gonzalez check
Escobar CIN C Ryan Hanigan check
Abreu CIN C Craig Tatum check
Aybar CIN P Gary Majewski check
Paulino CIN P Homer Bailey check
Speier PIT RF Kevin Thompson This is Rich Thompson, I'm pretty sure.
Suzuki PIT RF Steven Pearce check
Bennett PIT P Ty Taubenheim (?) Most likely Sean Burnett but could be Virgil Vazquez too.
Matsui PIT P Yoslan Herrera (?) Not completely sure that I remember here.
Vazquez ARI 2B Emilio Bonifacio yep
Flores ARI P Billy Buckner yep
Ortiz ARI P Emiliano Fruto Him, or Max Scherzer if you prefer.
Clark COL P Matt Herges yep
Weeks COL 1B Joe Koshansky (?) I believe this one's right, minus the handedness.
Harris COL 3B Ian Stewart (?) Pretty sure this one's right, don't know about the wrong batting hand.
Hall COL SS Omar Quintanilla yep
Buck COL CF Cory Sullivan yep
Howell COL RF Seth Smith (?) Same as above.
Young SDP SS/3B/2B Luis Rodriguez
Soriano LAD OF Jason Repko (?) I think this one's fine.
Weaver LAD P Yhency Brazoban I guess..?
Ozuna LAD P Greg Smith Looks like James McDonald of Pittsburgh.
Olivo LAD P Eric Stults yep
Carroll SFG LF Nate Schierholtz correct
White FA 2B/LF Joe Thurston (?) This is a weird case, I guessed maybe Pete Orr.
Blanco FA 1B/3B Howie Clark (?) Don't know much about him but it seems right.
Wood FA 3B Abraham Nunez yeah?

Thanks, Phillies. When I'm done with the roster update, I'll do a My Life or Season log, so watch out for that.

Sounds like a plan

I have decided that my log will be the Sin City (Las Vegas) Devils expansion team. I thought of the name this morning and thought it sounded cool. Look for that to be up around spring training.