With the Emperors season starting this Thursday, Rome has released their Opening Day roster – let’s take a look at how the roster is setup in what should hopefully be a strong season. We’ve already gone over the rosters for both Augusta and Columbus earlier today and here’s a look at the Gwinnett roster from last week as well. Without further ado, let’s get into it:
Starting Pitching
- Cam Caminiti, LHP
- Cedric de Grandpre, RHP
- Cade Kuehler, RHP
- Jeremy Reyes, RHP
Rome boasts a very
strong starting rotation with all five in, or near the BP Top 30, headlined by Cam Caminiti – fresh off an amazing 2025 campaign. Following him will be four right handed starters, the hard throwing Cedric de Grandpre, the hard throwing Jeremy Reyes, and Cade Kuehler. There is a lot of velocity in this starting rotation, but also tons of polished breaking pitches with the Caminiti sweeper and the Kuehler slider.
Relief Pitchers
- Trent Buchanan, RHP
- Colin Daniel, RHP
- Riley Frey, LHP
- Isaac Gallegos, RHP
- Owen Hackman, RHP
- Logan Samuels, RHP
- Justin Long, RHP
- David Rodriguez, RHP
- Jacob Kroeger, LHP
- Jacob Shafer, RHP
The relief core has a lot of experience with potentially Trent Buchanan leading the charge. Trent, coming off of a very strong 2025 season, where he had a 2.53 ERA across 28 games and two levels. Isaac Gallegos had an 3.18 ERA across 51 innings last season as well to go with a 8.47 K/9 and 3.35 BB/9 rate. Riley Frey and Jacob Kroeger will be the long lefties in the bullpen, with Riley having made an appearance in Columbus last season, while Jacob Kroeger had a 1.98 ERA across two levels last season. Braves 11th round pick Colin Daniel will be making his organizational debut in Rome as well.
Catchers
- Colin Burgess, RHB
- Mac Guscette, RHB
Rome will add Colin Burgess to a catching room that had Mac Guscette last season.
Infielders
- John Gil, RHB
- Mason Guerra, RHB
- Colby Jones, RHB
- Cody Miller, RHB
- Dixon Williams, LHB
- Will Verdung, RHB
The Rome infield will have some of the highest upside in the organization as top prospects John Gil, Cody Miller, and Dixon Williams will likely have starting roles while Colby Jones, Will Verdung, and Mason Guerra rotate for playing time.
Outfielders
- Logan Braunschweig, LHB
- Owen Carey, LHB
- Isaiah Drake, LHB
- Eric Hartman, LHB
- Dalton McIntyre, LHB
- Jake Steels, RHB
Much like the infield, the outfield is one of the most intriguing position groups in the organization as the potential starting outfield of Eric Hartman – Isaiah Drake – Owen Carey has some of the highest upside amongst all position players. Add 9th round draft pick Logan Braunschweig to the group, along with tools-y Dalton McIntyre and Jake Steels.
