Detwiler among Nats cuts Wednesday: First-round draft pick Ross Detwiler and Mike Bacsik, who gave up Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th homer, were among 16 players the Nationals reassigned to minor league camp at spring training Wednesday. Left-handers Detwiler, the No. 6 overall pick in June's amateur draft, Bacsik, Josh Smoker, Mike Hinckley and Charlie Manning, and right-handers Tristan Crawford, Ismael Ramirez and Jim Ed Warden were the pitchers sent to minor league camp. Also reassigned: catcher Devin Ivany; infielders William Bergolla, Yurendell De Caster and Antonio Perez; and outfielders Roger Bernadina, Frank Diaz, Tommy Murphy and Jorge Padilla. The Nationals also assigned two players to big league camp: right-hander Adam Carr and shortstop Ian Desmond. The moves trim Washington's spring roster from 76 to 62 players. (Updated 03/05/2008)
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Fantasy Analysis
Detwiler is one of the best pitching prospects in baseball and was being considered for a job out of spring training as a reliever in the Joba Chamberlain or Brandan Morrow mold. Obviously the Nats think he has a lot more work to do. Big league ready pitchers rarely get cut this early. Smoker, Hinckley and Ramirez are pitching prospects who have lost their luster, while the rest of these players are nothing more than organizational depth at this point in their careers. Ignore them on Draft Day. (Updated 03/05/2008).