the list

Spring training games start Friday. Nuff said. Here’s the list of Mississippians (natives, high school alums and collegians) who are currently in big league camps as either 40-man roster members or official non-roster invitees:

40-man roster
Position players
Julio Borbon (Starkville), Texas; Chris Coghlan (Ole Miss), Florida; Zack Cozart (Ole Miss), Cincinnati; Jarrod Dyson (Southwest CC), Kansas City; Bill Hall (Nettleton), Houston; Jarrett Hoffpauir (Southern Miss), San Diego; Desmond Jennings (Itawamba CC), Tampa Bay; Fred Lewis (Gulf Coast CC), Cincinnati; John Lindsey (Hattiesburg), Los Angeles Dodgers; Mitch Moreland (Mississippi State), Texas; Alex Presley (Ole Miss), Pittsburgh; Seth Smith (Ole Miss), Colorado; Craig Tatum (MSU), Baltimore; Marcus Thames (East Central CC), Los Angeles Dodgers; Matt Tolbert (Ole Miss), Minnesota; Eli Whiteside (Delta State), San Francisco
Pitchers
Dusty Hughes (DSU), Minnesota; Cliff Lee (Meridian CC), Philadelphia; Paul Maholm (MSU), Pittsburgh; Matt Maloney (Ole Miss), Cincinnati; Roy Oswalt (Holmes CC), Philadelphia; Jonathan Papelbon (MSU), Boston; Tony Sipp (Gulf Coast CC), Cleveland

Non-roster
Position players
Brian Dozier (USM), Minnesota; Edwin Maysonet (DSU), Milwaukee; Paul Phillips (Meridian CC), Cleveland; Jonathan Van Every (Itawamba CC), Washington; Corey Wimberly (Alcorn State), Pittsburgh
Pitchers
John Bale (USM), Detroit; Louis Coleman (Schlater/Pillow Academy), Kansas City; Tim Dillard (Itawamba CC), Milwaukee; Lance Lynn (Ole Miss), St. Louis; Drew Pomeranz (Ole Miss), Cleveland; Taylor Tankersley (Warren Central High), New York Mets; Donnie Veal (Jackson), Pittsburgh