Found December 19, 2011 on Batter's Box:
Okay, Bauxites! Time to reveal the answers and announce the winners of last week's episode of "Name That Future Major Leaguer". Current Milwaukee Brewers pitcher and former Jay Shaun Marcum is fourth from the left in the background. I believe former Jays hurler Jamie Vermilyea is also in the photo, shaking hands with the man in blue or he is the one directly behind the player shaking hands with the man in blue. However, I cannot say with 100% percent certainty. This is a photo from 2005.Longtime Jays lefty Scott Downs leaves the mound in Syracuse after completing an inning in 2005. I have no idea who the umpire is.Shane Victorino, who did play for San Diego in 2003 before going on to win a World Series ring with Philadelphia, is third from the left in this 2004 photo. The other two future big leaguers in this photo of the Jacksonville Suns are Joel Guzman, the one-time top Dodgers prospect who had cups of coffee with L.A. and Tampa Bay. Guzman is the first perso...
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