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  • adjective sports Not included on the official team roster

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non- +‎ roster

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  • Kyle Gibson and Carlos Gutierrez headline a list of 19 nonroster players the Twins officially invited to spring training Tuesday.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Kyle Gibson and Carlos Gutierrez headline a list of 19 nonroster players the Twins officially invited to spring training Tuesday.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Josh Horton, a 25-year-old who played at the University of North Carolina, was the last man added as a nonroster invite, in large part because of the A's unsettled backup infield spot.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser 2011

  • That individualized approach is what endeared Rothschild to Neal Cotts, a nonroster left-hander with the Yankees who played for the Cubs from 2007 to 2009.

    NYT > Home Page By BEN SHPIGEL 2011

  • • Tanzanian trialist Mrisho Ngassa was the only nonroster player to participate Wednesday, entering the game as a second-half substitute.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Recker, a nonroster player, hit .288 at Triple-A Sacramento last season and is perennially a strong spring performer - he entered Friday's game batting .333.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser 2011

  • The Mariners would like to keep nonroster invite Kennedy as their primary backup infielder.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Jakubauskas was signed as a nonroster invitee on the recommendation of ex-Mariners pitching coach Rick Adair, now Baltimore's bullpen coach.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • State Fullerton last season, also is among the 22 nonroster players invited to camp.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Chronic hschulman@sfchronicle.com (Henry Schulman 2011

  • Seattle announced the deal Thursday, making Delcarmen the 23rd nonroster invitee to the Mariners' spring-training camp in Tempe, Ariz.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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