LANSING, Michigan – The Toronto Blue Jays today announced the 25 players that will make up the Opening Day roster for the Lansing Lugnuts. The roster will be full of players that have never seen Oldsmobile Park, much less any Midwest League stadium, as the Lugnuts and Blue Jays celebrate their first year of being a partner. Twelve of the Lugnuts’ 25-man roster were 2004 draft picks, including second-round pick Curtis Thigpen. . . .

The bullpen starts with seven pitchers, including Danny Hill, a 2004 3rd round selection out of Missouri and Erik Rico, a lefthander that went 8-2 in his first season as a pitcher after spending a pair of seasons as a position player in the Blue Jays system. Hill and Rico will be joined in the bullpen corps by Daryl Harang, Joey McLaughlin, Mark Sopko, Jordy Templet and Po-Hsuan Keng, the other Taiwanese hurler. Keng and Cheng will become the first Taiwanese players to wear a Lugnuts uniform when they make their season debut.

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