Montreal – The Montreal Expos today announced that lefthanded reliever Chad Bentz, righthanded pitcher Shawn Hill and outfielder Brandon Watson have been added to the club's 40-man roster. The announcement was made by Vice President and General Manager, Omar Minaya.

Shawn Hill, 22, finished with a combined 12-5 record and a 2.64 ERA with A-Brevard County and AA-Harrisburg. He was 9-4 with a 2.56 ERA in 22 games - 21 starts - at the A level, posting a 1.44 ERA in his final 11 starts. Promoted to Harrisburg for the final month of season, was 3-1 with a 3.54 ERA in four starts. He played in the mid-season Futures Game and is currently with Team Canada at the Olympic trials in Panama. A sixth-round selection in the 2000 draft, the 6-2, 185 lb. righty was born in Mississauga, Ontario and lives in nearby Georgetown. He becomes the first Canadian, signed and developed by the Expos, to be added to the major-league roster since Derek Aucoin in 1996.

Chad Bentz, 23, from Juneau, Alaska, became the Harrisburg's closer midway through the season and finished tied for third in the Eastern League in saves with 16. He posted a 1-4 record with a 2.55 ERA in 84.2 innings pitched over 52 games. The 6-2, 210-pounder was a seventh-round pick by the Expos in the 2001 draft out of Long Beach State University. He was born with a deformed right hand and uses his left hand to pitch and field.

BrandonWatson, 22, a 6-1, 170 lb. lefthanded batter from Inglewood, CA, had an outstanding year in his first full season at the AA-level with Harrisburg. He finished second in the Eastern League in hits (180, one shy of the leader Alexis Rios of New Haven) and was fifth in batting (.319). He set a Senators' single-season hit record, breaking the previous mark of 172 that stood for 17 years by outfielder Tommy Gregg in 1987. Watson batted .377 and scored 44 runs in his final 50 games. He also became only the second Senators' batter with six hits in a game, going 6-for-6 at Akron on July 4th.

With today's additions, the Expos now have 38 players on the winter roster.

Montreal Expos – 30 October 2003