Two more players who were in the Atlantic League this past season have been invited to major league spring training camps.
Southpaw Scott Rice will be in Arizona with the Los Angeles Dodgers and right-hander Logan Kensing will join Pittsburgh in Florida, both as non-roster invitees.
Kensing, who was with Washington for much of '09 then out for all of 2010 as he recovered from elbow surgery, signed as a free agent with the Pirates after splitting last summer with Bridgeport and the New York Yankees' Triple-A club in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA. Kensing, 29, had worked in 134 major league games before the elbow issue with an 8-9 record and 5.81 earned run average with Florida and the Nationals. He struck out 16 Atlantic League hitters in 11.1 innings early last season while posting a 1.59 ERA in nine relief appearances for Bridgeport. The Bluefish sold his contract to the Yankees June 29. The Texas A&M product was 1-1 with four saves and a 4.28 ERA in 21 outings in the Yankees system.
Rice, 30, has not pitched in the major leagues during the regular season, but he had 15 appearances for York early last season (1-0, one save, 2.45), then joined the Dodgers' organization and went 4-4 (1 save) and a 1.95 ERA at Double-A Chattanooga. He was with Long Island for a time in '08 and with Newark part of '09.
Two other pitchers, Jerome Williams and Mike DeMark, also started last year in the Atlantic League. Williams, who was at Lancaster, is expected to bid for a starting job with the Los Angeles Angels this season. DeMark started at York and will be in camp with Arizona.
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