2016 Minor League Regular Season Transaction Thread

[homer]

Trent Clark has been activated for the T-rats. Alan Sharkey placed on DL.

 

[JDBrewCrew]

Garrett Cooper ‏@CoopaLoop1 36m36 minutes ago D'Iberville, MS

Had a great time with the boys in Biloxi this year @BiloxiShuckers Off to Colorado to join the @skysox #BrewCrew

[Mass Haas]

RHP Drew Gagnon, who has been on the Sky Sox DL since the 4th of July, has been activated for the Monday matinee Colorado Springs game.

[Mass Haas]

RHP Drew Gagnon, who has been on the Sky Sox DL since the 4th of July, has been activated for the Monday matinee Colorado Springs game.

 

RHP Jorge Lopez down to Biloxi, OF Keon Broxton to Milwaukee, and catcher Parker Berberet up from Biloxi in other moves involving the Sky Sox, along with the Garrett Cooper tweet listed a couple of posts above as he nets his well-earned bump from AA.

 

Info courtesy of the excellent Sky Sox blog -- note Cooper's move won't be official until activated at Colorado Springs.

[agent39]

Demuth biloxi

[brewmann04]

good For Dustin and Coop and think the best move was getting Lopez out of Col springs

[Mass Haas]

Previously unannounced moves:

 

Via the Shuckers staff and for the 'Tees, Donny Rieber, Jr. --

 

RH reliever Gage Smith from Biloxi to Brevard County

 

1B/C Mitch Ghelfi gets the bump from Wisconsin to Brevard County

 

Manatee RH starter Eric Hanhold placed on the 7-day DL retro to 7/24

 

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Congratulations, Mitch!

[JDBrewCrew]

Brewers Player Dev ‏@BrewersPD 41s42 seconds ago

Player moves: Cooper to Col Springs, Pinto to the DL. Demuth & Lopez to Biloxi, Gage Smith & Ghelfi to Brevard Co.

 

Brewers Player Dev ‏@BrewersPD 42s43 seconds ago

A few more moves: Hanhold to the DL with Brevard, Mejia activated from the DL with Wisconsin, Vasquez to Helena

[And That]

Vasquez to Helena

 

Assuming that means catcher Yoel Vasquez, who is 1-5 on the year and hasn't played in a game in three weeks for the Baby Brewers?

[TURBO]

I wonder if Isan Diaz will get a bump before the season is over? Gonna miss Ghelfi's bat in that T-Rats line-up for sure.

[Mass Haas]

RHP Tim Dillard activated from the 7-day DL at Colorado Springs, backfilling RHP Michael Blazek's return to Milwaukee (due to RHP Jacob Barnes' elbow soreness).

 

The Sky Sox are at an uneven 14-11 pitcher-position player split at this time.

[Mass Haas]

Biloxi IF Javier Betancourt activated after a ten-day DL stint, OF Omar Garcia goes on the DL to make room.

 

If this were April or May, would Garcia have gone on the Helena "paper roster", who knows as MiLB allows for roster flexibility, which seems reasonable.

[Mass Haas]

22-year-old 4th year pro (1st year stateside) RHP Nattino Diplan began 2016 in Helena, then returned to Maryvale (four outings at each stop). Now he's been returned to Montana.

[Mass Haas]

With Manny Pina on catcher standby duty in Milwaukee (will he fly to San Diego with the Brewers tonight?), catcher roulette in the Brewers' system as Rene Garcia starts Sunday afternoon for the Sky Sox (up from Biloxi to join Parker Berberet as active Colorado Springs catchers), and Dustin Houle goes to AA for the very first time, up from Brevard, to join Jacob Nottingham in Biloxi.

 

In order to make room for Garcia at AAA, the Brewers are making use of the very rarely utilized "reserve list" for Pina. The Sky Sox remain at an odd 14 pitchers / 11 position player split.

 

That leaves the position-flexible duo of Fidel Pena and the recently-promoted Mitch Ghelfi to catch in Brevard County. And talk about a lopsided roster, the Manatees are now one player short at 24, and have only ten position players at this time while carrying a bloated 14-man staff in a pitcher-friendly environment. Not that we would do any better, but it must be a heck of a whiteboard of puzzle pieces Tom Flanagan and his staff maintain.

[Mass Haas]

Just tweeted --

 

No shortage of 40-man roster relievers for #Brewers at AAA: Scahill, Cravy, Goforth, Magnifico; 2 may be on their way to SD from the Springs

 

Also, we've been telling you the Sky Sox had 14 pitchers anyway, so we'll see things how shake out up and down the chain in response.

 

RHP David Goforth called up, catcher Manny Pina added to the 25-man and 40-man rosters, and a third move for another reliever, to be completed Tuesday for the big league 25-man roster.

[Mass Haas]

Via Adam McCalvy --

 

Andrew Susac will go to Colorado Springs. Manny Pina deserved a shot to show what he can do in MLB, Stearns says.

[Mass Haas]

Via @BrewersPD --

 

Wisconsin player moves: Ortiz placed on DL, Sharkey activated from DL, Clark to the temporary inactive list, Oquendo promoted from Helena.

 

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Congratulations to 20-year-old switch-hitting 2014 14th round infielder and Puerto Rico native Jonathan Oquendo on his call-up to full-season ball.

[Mass Haas]

At Colorado Springs, C/1B/DH Josmil Pinto is activated from the DL, while C Parker Berberet goes on the DL retroactive to 8/1.

[Mass Haas]

RHP Javier Salas has been activated from the Biloxi DL (he had been rehabbing in Maryvale), and looks to turn around his season with a transfer to Brevard County. He's starting Game One of their doubleheader Wednesday night.

 

His first innings, partly because of a Wendell Rijo error, did not go well with a 5-spot (three earned) --

 

Daytona Bottom of the 1st

 

Blake Trahan singles on a line drive to right fielder Elvis Rubio.

Shed Long homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Blake Trahan scores.

Angelo Gumbs grounds out, third baseman George Iskenderian to first baseman Jose Cuas.

Gavin LaValley pops out to second baseman Blake Allemand.

Reydel Medina doubles (3) on a fly ball to left fielder Malik Collymore.

Brian O'Grady walks.

Chad Tromp singles on a ground ball to left fielder Malik Collymore. Reydel Medina scores. Brian O'Grady to 3rd on the throw.

Avain Rachal hit by pitch. Chad Tromp to 2nd.

Garrett Boulware reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Wendell Rijo. Brian O'Grady scores. Chad Tromp scores. Avain Rachal to 3rd.

Blake Trahan grounds out, third baseman George Iskenderian to first baseman Jose Cuas.

[TheCrew07]

Chris just said that David Denson was promoted to BC in order to activate Trent Clark.

[FVBrewerFan]

Hasn't Clark been playing for at least a week?

[TheCrew07]

No he was away for a personal matter recently.

[JDBrewCrew]

BC Manatees Report ‏@TeesReport 2h2 hours ago

Via 'Tees PR: Phil Bickford and David Denson have been added to Brevard County. Gage Smith and Zach Hirsch have been released.

[JDBrewCrew]

Milwaukee Brewers ‏@Brewers 1m1 minute ago Phoenix, AZ

RHP Ben Rowen has been claimed off waivers from Toronto and assigned to Triple-A @skysox.

[Crash2303]

Milwaukee Brewers ‏@Brewers 1m1 minute ago Phoenix, AZ

RHP Ben Rowen has been claimed off waivers from Toronto and assigned to Triple-A @skysox.

 

wow- lots of minor league success- http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=rowen-001ben looks like a guy who just never got an extended chance to show what he could do at the MLB level. hopefully we can give him that opportunity.