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Edinson Rincon

The Wild Things continue to build a roster for spring training as they signed two players this week and put the their biggest offseason acquisition on the suspended list.

Washington signed left-handed pitcher Kyle Helisik and outfielder Edinson Rincon, but they suspended shortstop Jeudy Valdez.

Kyle Helisik

Helisik (6-0, 170) is the second former WPIAL player signed by Washington this offseason. He played high school ball at Seneca Valley and college baseball in the Big East at Villanova. Helisik played on Seneca Valley's 2007 team that won the PIAA Class AAAA championship and he had a 13-1 record over his final two seasons in the WPIAL.

Drafted in the 30th round by the St. Louis in 2012, Helisik spent three seasons in the Cardinals system as a starting pitcher and compiled an 18-16 record. He advanced to the high-Class A Florida State League last summer and had a 5-6 record and 3.80 ERA.

Rincon (6-1, 215), a native of the Dominican Republic, is a veteran of eight minor-league seasons, playing in the San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals systems. Only 24 years old, Rincon has played both third base and left field in the minors. The vast majority of the games were at third base, though he is listed as an outfielder on the Frontier League transactions page.

Rincon has plenty of Class AA experience, playing in 216 games. His best seasons were 2010 and 2012. He hit 35 doubles and 13 home runs for Class A Fort Wayne in 2010, then had 30 doubles and 10 homers for Class AA San Antonio in 2012.

In 2010, Rincon was rated by Baseball America as the Padres' No. 9 prospect.

Looking at Rincon's career statistics, especially the fielding numbers, makes me think he will be a designated hitter or left fielder. I'd be shocked if he played third base unless if was absolutely necessary. In 323 career games at third base, Rincon has committed a whopping 129 errors. His fielding percentage at the hot corner is only .844. Some numbers for comparison: Carter Bell, the Wild Things' third baseman last year, committed 33 errors in 234 career games at third base, and the Pirates' Pedro Alvarez has a fielding percentage of .933 at third base while in the majors.

Valdez was the Wild Things most impressive offseason sign. He played in the prestigious Arizona Fall League and has more than 1,000 career at-bats at the Class AA level. He was on the Padres' 40-man roster as recently as 2013 and would have been a middle of the lineup guy. Valdez's fielding numbers at shortstop do leave something to be desired.

The departure of Valdez -- the Wild Things do retain his rights for a year -- leaves Ryan Kresky as the leader in the clubhouse for the shortstop job. It also leaves only three players who are second basemen, shortstops or third baseman and signed for 2015. And the second baseman is a true rookie who was a college outfielder.