Minor League Transactions

[TooLiveBrew]

M. Williams from the Wild Things. Perfect.

[And That]

Jorge Lopez received a $690,000 signing bonus. That's currently the highest bonus given outside of the first 65 picks and well over the slot recommendation of $520,000.

 

He is being assigned to Maryvale, as expected.

[JohnBriggs12]

I'm amazed that a guy who put up stats like that in college went undrafted. Sure, it's D2, but pro baseball is full of guys that played at lower levels.

[dadofandrew]

You can't teach velocity. There's only three real tools you can find in indy ball, speed, power, and velocity. Considering Axford's past, you can never have too many live arms.

[Mass Haas]

19-year-old Venezuelan infielder Alejandro Mendoza (stats), a 2nd year pro, makes his stateside debut today. The slight Mendoza (5'11", 156) has been transferred from the DSL squad to reinforce the Maryvale roster.

 

Given his numbers, it may be more of a reward for effort (or perhaps even developing his English skills), or a matter of overall maturity and readiness for the U.S. experience.

[Mass Haas]

From Brevard County Media Relations:

 

OF Chris Dennis has been placed on the temporary inactive list at Brevard County.

 

C Mike Roberts has been reinstated from the DL. He will be active for the Manatees today at Dunedin for their double header.

 

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Reminder --

 

TEMPORARY INACTIVE LIST- This list is used only during the season for short absences and may be used at the team's discretion for bereavement leave, family events which require a player to be away from his team, or other non-injury related reasons.. Players placed on the temporary inactive list must remain on the list for a minimum of three consecutive days.

[pogokat]

how about peralta to AAA to fill in for fdlc...fingers crossed

[Mass Haas]

how about peralta to AAA to fill in for fdlc...fingers crossed

Huntsville Media Relations:

 

JACKSON, Tenn. – The Milwaukee Brewers have made a pair of roster moves that will impact their Double-A affiliate Huntsville Stars prior to tonight’s series opener at Jackson. RHP Wily Peralta has been promoted to Triple-A Nashville. Additionally, LHP Chase Wright has been transferred to Huntsville from Nashville.

 

Peralta is 9-7 with a 3.46 ERA in 21 starts this season at the Double-A level. He was named the Southern League’s Pitcher of the Week for July 25 – August 1 and the Brewers’ Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July. In 119.2 innings pitched, Peralta has recorded 117 strikeouts and allowed just 48 walks while keeping batters to a .243 average. In the month of July, Peralta went 4-0 with a 0.66 ERA in six starts. He struck out 38 in 41.0 innings. Peralta was signed by the Brewers as a non-drafted free agent on November 26, 2005.

 

In 21 appearances with the Sounds, Wright is 5-6 with a 6.07 ERA. He’s struck out 44 batters in 75.2 innings pitched. Wright started the season with the Stars, making two appearances (5.0 IP, 1 ER). Wright was drafted by the New York Yankees in the third round of the 2001 First-Year Player Draft.

 

With these moves, the Stars active roster stays at 24 with three on the DL.

 

The Stars start a ten-game road trip with five games against the Jackson Generals (Double-A Seattle Mariners) tonight. Wright will take the mound for the Stars against RHP Kenn Kasparek.

 

 

[fondybrewfan]

Narveson is going to have a competition for that #5 spot next year. Might also make him expendable via trade. Brewers pitching prospects don't look to bad if Peralta continues to progress for a 2012 callup and Thornburg for 2013. Neither are probably #1 starters but both could be very useful and could compliment Gallardo and possible Marcum and/or Grienke quite well

[battlekow]

Peralta will start tomorrow.

[DHonks]

fondy, I think that's premature to say. We have no glaring holes to fill for next year, so dealing a member of our rotation doesn't make sense. Narvy is cheap, effective, and under contract for a few more years. If we don't keep Wolf, Marcum, and Greinke after '12, we'd regret trading Narvy

[igor67]

It's possible you could think about dealing Narveson, but there is a lot to be said for having your rotation set, and a nice prospect in place who can fill in during the inevitable injury.

[Roderick]

Narveson is going to have a competition for that #5 spot next year. Might also make him expendable via trade.

I would hate to trade away a starter and end up rotating AAAA pitchers or overpaying for an aging FA. We better get something too good to pass up to trade away a starter.

[And That]

Recently signed RHP Mark Williams has been assigned to the Helena Brewers.

 

36th round RHP Mitch Conner, former teammate of Wisconsin RHP Dan Britt at Elon University, has been promoted past Britt from the AZL to Brevard County.

[Mass Haas]

Catcher Rafael Neda, the 2010 10th round pick who was sidelined with a head injury (initially back on April 14th) was activated from the Brevard County DL, and then transferred to the Maryvale Rookie squad.

 

Neda did make one rehab appearance with the Arizona club back on June 29th, but then was sidelined since.

 

We're not sure if the head injury was the sole cause of his absence from start to finish; if so, that's a scary long absence.

[And That]

We're not sure if the head injury was the sole cause of his absence from start to finish; if so, that's a scary long absence.

It was not. Neda suffered a hand injury around the same time as his last AZL appearance.

[And That]

RHP Mitch Conner has been promoted to Brevard County.

He won't be on Brevard's active roster until at least tomorrow, so this isn't "officially official" yet.

[Mass Haas]

My new job is to officially state that we (I) are unaware of the specifics behind something, and then wait two minutes for my co-staffers Toby and/or Eric to fill in the blanks.

 

Glad I can be of assistance! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

Thanks!

[Mass Haas]

We're not sure if the head injury was the sole cause of his absence from start to finish; if so, that's a scary long absence.

It was not. Neda suffered a hand injury around the same time as his last AZL appearance.

Thanks to one our readers / posters, I should have remembered this earlier post which confirmed Toby's note.

[dadofandrew]

Part of Narveson's value is his low salary and team control seasons. I'd see someone else being dealt before him, as Greinke, Marcum, and Wolf are all FA's after '12, and are far spendier.

[battlekow]

RHP Cody Scarpetta goes on the DL at Huntsville with an unknown injury. RHP Jim Henderson transferred from Nashville to take Scarpetta's spot.

[battlekow]

C Shawn Zarraga goes on the DL at BC, making room for RHP Mitch Conner.

[And That]

The Brewers have signed 18th round pick SS Chris McFarland for about $315K, plus school.

 

Edit: Confirmed by Jim Callis.

[battlekow]

As noted everywhere else in the world, first-round picks RHP Taylor Jungmann and LHP Jed Bradley signed late last night.

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

Will the Brewers even bother with Jungmann and Bradley this year? It's pretty much a lost cause at this point. Hopefully one of them starts next year at AA and gets fast tracked.