MWL1 Cedar Rapids Kernels

Kernels send 3 to Rancho

Published on May 14, 2003 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Cedar Rapids Kernels News Release


CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Cedar Rapids Kernels announced Wednesday that outfielder David Gates, and right-handed pitchers Dustin Griffith and Phil Wilson have been assigned to Rancho Cucamonga of the California League.

Joining the Kernels from extended spring training are outfielder/first baseman Kevin Jenkins, left-handed pitcher Micah Posey and right-handed pitcher Ronnie Ray. The trio will join the Kernels in Dayton on Thursday.

Gates led the Kernels in home runs with five and was tied for second on the team in runs batted in with 19. He batted .250 in 25 games. Griffith and Wilson had joined the Kernels on May 5. Griffith appeared in four games for the Kernels and had a 5.68 ERA, allowing 10 hits in 6 1/3 innings. He came to the Kernels from Rancho Cucamonga. Wilson made two starts for the Kernels and was 0-1 with a 4.09 ERA.

Posey will be the starting pitcher for the Kernels on Thursday night. He was a 15th-round pick of the Anaheim Angels in June 2001 out of high school in Tallahassee, Fla. He attended Tallahassee Community College for a year and was signed by the Angels as a draft-and-follow on May 27, 2002. Posey was injured and did not play last summer. He was expected to be in the Kernels' starting rotation out of training camp but was set back by injury.

Ray was the Angels' 14th-round pick in June 2002 out of Pacific (Mo.) High School. He was 4-4 with a 4.91 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 59 innings for Mesa of the Arizona (Rookie) League last summer.

Jenkins was a 14th-round pick of the Angels in June 2000 out of Northwestern High School in Miami. He is in his fourth professional season and has a lifetime batting average of .185. He batted .179 in 13 games for Provo of the Pioneer (Rookie) League last summer.

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