2016 Debut Thread

[tnfoto]

Spencer Kieboom.

Kieboom is the last debut of the regular season. Unless something unexpected happens during the postseason, 2016 concludes with 257 player debuts.

[dennis_keith]

Time will tell if Washington Nationals' catcher, Spencer Kieboom will be another Tyson Brummett. Like Kieboom, Brummett made his MLB debut on the last day of the season (2012), but the Phillies pitcher did not appear in another MLB game ever again.

[Pinetarpress]

Originally Posted by dennis_keith

Time will tell if Washington Nationals' catcher, Spencer Kieboom will be another Tyson Brummett. Like Kieboom, Brummett made his MLB debut on the last day of the season (2012), but the Phillies pitcher did not appear in another MLB game ever again.

Same thing happened to Joe Hietpas of the Mets on October 3rd, 2004

Joe caught the last inning of the final game of the season for the Mets and never played in another big league game

[tnfoto]

Originally Posted by tnfoto

Major league teams are allowed seven coaches on their active roster. 24 teams use the seventh slot for an assistant hitting coach. The Brewers, Mariners, Padres, Phillies, Rockies and Royals do not employ an assistant hitting coach. The Phillies, Rockies and Royals use the final slot for a catching coach (John McLaren, Rene Lachemann and Pedro Grifol, respectively), the Brewers and Padres simply label the position "coach" (Jason Lane and Eddie Rodriguez) and the Mariners use the spot for a QC coach, Chris Prieto. Lane and Prieto, shown below, have not coached before in the majors and, even though their positions would not traditionally be included in the "official" coach roster, I am leaning toward including them in my coaches database and in the Coaches pack.

After reviewing information about their respective positions during the 2016 season, Jason Lane will be included in the Coaches pack and in my coaches database but Chris Prieto will not. Lane was effectively the Brewers' assistant hitting coach throughout the year while Prieto filled a non-uniformed "coaching" role for the Mariners.

[dennis_keith]

Originally Posted by Pinetarpress

Same thing happened to Joe Hietpas of the Mets on October 3rd, 2004

Joe caught the last inning of the final game of the season for the Mets and never played in another big league game

I was at that game. 3B-1B Todd Zeile, who had struggled to reach 2,000 career hits that season before retiring at age 39, started that game at his original position, CATCHER.
He homered in that game on his last major league at bat (career hit #2004, career home run # 253). He also caught an inning of John Franco's final relief appearance as a Met. Franco concluded a 15-year run with the Mets with that appearance (1990-2004). He signed with Houston after that season and pitched about the first half of the season before being released at around the all-star game. That ended a 22 year major leagues career (1984-2005). Franco still holds the record for Saves by a lefthanded pitcher 425, 276 of them coming as a Met.
I didn't realize that the player who replaced Zeile at catcher late in that game, Joe Hietpas, had played in his only major leagues game that day.

[tnfoto]

As I prepare to launch the 2017 Debuts thread, I noticed that I had missed recognizing Ted Power's debut as Reds coach last July.

[tnfoto]

I have un-stuck this thread in favor of the 2017 Debut Thread.