The Grapefruit and Cactus League seasons are underway, which means plenty of prospects are getting their chance to impress. Many of these prospects have played on the Thunder and in the Eastern League, or will do so in 2010. I'm going to be rounding up the best performances on this blog and posting them for all to follow.

A couple of reminders:

1. I'll be in Tampa for spring training from March 31-April 4. While there, I'll be writing, blogging, tweeting, taking pictures and recording video. I'll try to get as much information as I can about what the final roster will look like before the Thunder take the field against Erie on April 8.

2. I will host my first Web chat of the spring, on this very blog, on Wednesday, March 10, at 1 p.m. I'll be taking questions about the Thunder, the Eastern League and all of Minor League Baseball. Mark it down.

Former Thunder category:

The Thunder's leader yesterday was Jeremy Bleich, who got the Yankees out of a bad situation with a ground ball to shortstop in exhibition action with the Rays in Tampa.

Other former Trentonites seeing action were:
Jesus Montero: 0-for-1, BB, R
Eduardo Nunez: 1-for-2, R, RBI
Kevin Russo: 1-for-2, R, RBI, BB
Reegie Corona: 0-for-1, BB, R
Jorge Vazquez: 1-for-2, RBI
Kevin Whelan: 0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB
Grant Duff: 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 SO
Mike Dunn (ATL): 1.1 IP, O H, O R, 1 BB, 1 SO
Jose Tabata (PIT): 0-for-3, RBI, BB
Austin Jackson (DET): 0-for-2, BB
Randy Ruiz (TOR): 2-for-2, R

Future Thunder category:
Hector Noesi: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (unearned)
Jeremy Bleich: .1 IP, 0 H, o R (induced inning-ending grounder)

Future Eastern Leaguers:
Domonic Brown(PHI): 2-for-4, 2 RBIs
Juan Ramirez (PHI): 1.1 IP, 4 H. 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB
Tyson Gillies (PHI): 2-for-2, 2 R, HR, 2 RBIs
Kirk Nieuwenhuis (NYM): 0-for-1
Tony Sanchez(PIT): 1-for-1, HR