Bandits' roster filled with familiar faces

Yeah, Rascal will be back as well, but his return was never in doubt.

This is one of my favorite weeks as it's usually around this time word starts leaking out about what some of the rosters around the MWL are going to look like.

No one covers the circuit better than the Quad City Times' Steve Batterson and here's a story he wrote yesterday about some of the familiar names that will be returning to John O'Donnell Stadium, er, Modern Woodmen Park.

The most intriguing name on the list is Niko Vasquez, a Dominican shortstop that checks in at No. 18 on the Cards' Top 30 according to Baseball America. Vasquez was a third round pick last year who signed for $423,000 and split time between Johnson City and the River Bandits. According to his writeup in BA's Prospect Handbook, Vasquez should have a decent glove at short but his bat seems to be a bit of a question mark at this point in his young career.