Seven Former Osprey On Opening Day Rosters
Published on April 3, 2008 under Pioneer League (PL)
Missoula PaddleHeads News Release
With the start of the 2008 major league season getting underway earlier in the week, seven former Missoula Osprey players find themselves on major league rosters. The Diamondbacks' roster includes pitcher Tony Pena and catcher Miguel Montero. Lyle Overbay is the everyday first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, Jose Valverde, who was traded by Arizona to Houston in the off-season is the new closer for the Astros, Scott Hairston is a starting outfielder for the San Diego Padres, Dustin Nippert was traded to Texas just prior to the season and is coming out of the bullpen for the Rangers and Duaner Sanchez is a reliever for the New York Mets.
Pena (2002) will start the season as the Diamondbacks setup man to closer Brandon Lyon, but could find himself in the closers role himself this season. Pena is 8-8 with a 3.75 ERA and three saves in his major league career.
Montero spent parts of 2002 and 2003 in Missoula and is projected to split time at catcher with Chris Snyder once he returns from the disabled list. The left-hander played in 109 games in an Osprey uniform and is a career .226 hitter with 10 homeruns and 40 RBIs in 90 big league games.
In all, 15 former Osprey have reached the major leagues since the club moved to Missoula in 1999. The other eight that are not on an opening day 25-man roster include; Emilio Bonifacio, J.D. Closser, Jorge De La Rosa, Luis Terrero, Casey Daigle, Doug Devore, Andy Green, and Jerry Gil.
OSPREY TICKET PACKAGES ON SALE
Ticket packages from season ticket to eight game plans are on sale for the upcoming season. Club Box season tickets are $342 for all 38 games and Reserved are $266. Two different eight game plans are also available for as little as $56 each. Also, don't forget about our bonus books, which are a book of 10 undated reserved tickets good for the best available seat in the reserved section. Each bonus book can be purchased for just $70. Call the Osprey at 543-3300 to purchase your tickets today or log onto the Osprey team store.
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