2017 Minor League Transaction Thread

[And That]

More moves:

 

IF Weston Wilson and OF Carlos Belonis go from Carolina to Wisconsin.

 

3B Jose Cuas goes with Monte Harrison from Wisconsin to Carolina.

[And That]

RHP Freddy Peralta has been promoted from Carolina to Biloxi.

 

C Natanel Mejia hits Biloxi's 7-day DL, which is the new Helena.

[FVBrewerFan]

Wow Peralta to Biloxi is pretty aggressive, no?

[Mass Haas]

Brewers Player Dev‏ @BrewersPD 29m29 minutes ago

We've signed RHP Tom Wilhelmsen and LHP Frank Lopez and assigned them to Col Springs and Carolina, respectively.

 

Only 23 years old but in his 7th pro season, the long-time Rangers southpaw was released on June 16th. As you'll see at the link above, he's got swingman ability, and innings are always in demand. Career WHIP of 1.40, but higher at recent AA assignments.

[82brewcrew82]

It appears Joaquin De La Cruz and Wilfred Salaman have been brought stateside as each now appear on the AZL roster.

[And That]

Brewers PD informs us of another undrafted free agent signing, RHP Cameron Hanes from Florida Southern.

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Placed on Arizona League Brewers 60-day DL (a minor league disabled list length unique to the complex leagues):

 

RHP Dalton Brown

LHP Blake Fox

RHP Yosmer Leal

LHP Blake Lillis

RHP Carlos Luna

RHP Daniel Missaki

RHP Matt Smith

C Carlos Leal

C Jose Sibrian

SS Jomar Cortes

 

All DL assignments backdated to June 22nd.

 

AZL season ends September 2nd, so their seasons aren't necessarily over.

[And That]

Assigned to Helena:

 

RHP Alec Bettinger

RHP Dylan File

RHP Robbie Hitt

RHP Cody Martin

LHP Brandon Presley

RHP Brandon Texeira

 

Helena roster is at 33, which is 2 under the league limit.

[Jenkins5]

Probably most disappointed for Lillis. Spent all high school in Pints shadow but he's a solid arm with promise...

 

Luna & Sibrien also disappointing

[82brewcrew82]

Lemons, Beam, Lipscomb and Robledo unaccounted for.

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Also missing:

 

C Kevin Martir

SS Orveo Saint

CF Tyrone Taylor

RHP Milton Gomez

RHP Devin Williams

RHP Nash Walters

RHP Victor Castaneda

LHP Nate Kirby

LHP Christian Trent

LHP Jake Drossner

RHP Chase Williams

 

Obviously some injuries in there, maybe the Castaneda signing fell through. We'll track them all down over the next few days.

[Eye Black]

Another undrafted free agent signing, UT-Arlington RHP Kadon Simmons.

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I wonder if there is some arcane rostering rule the Brewers will employ to get all of these guys under contract and assigned somewhere.

 

Or they could just start releasing a bunch of A-ballers.

[82brewcrew82]

I'll go back to that they know they aren't signing a bunch of those high school picks in the middle rounds.

[bkrause2]

Placed on Arizona League Brewers 60-day DL (a minor league disabled list length unique to the complex leagues):

 

RHP Dalton Brown

LHP Blake Fox

RHP Yosmer Leal

LHP Blake Lillis

RHP Carlos Luna

RHP Daniel Missaki

RHP Matt Smith

C Carlos Leal

C Jose Sibrian

SS Jomar Cortes

 

All DL assignments backdated to June 22nd.

 

AZL season ends September 2nd, so their seasons aren't necessarily over.

 

Didn't see it mentioned anywhere else. Apologies if I missed it, but Blake Fox had shoulder surgery about two weeks ago and is out for the remainder of the season. Don't believe it was TJ as he termed it a "minor procedure", but serious enough that he won't be back until Spring Training.

[Mass Haas]

Via Wisconsin's Media Notes --

 

Infielder Trever Morrison has been activated from Wisconsin’s disabled list. Infielder Trey York has been placed on Wisconsin’s disabled list.

[82brewcrew82]

Maybe I'm missing it but I don't see George Iskenderian on any roster either.

[Mass Haas]

Tucked into Friday's Biloxi Media Notes was this --

 

On Friday, the Brewers signed RHP Travis Hissong to a minor league contract and sent RHP Wuilder Rodrí­guez back to Carolina.

 

Hissong was released by the Yankees organization on Tuesday after going 2–1 with a 4.73 ERA between Double-A Trenton and Advanced-A Tampa.

 

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As you'll see via the MiLB Player Page link from above, the 25-year-old Hissong is in his 4th pro year, originally signed as a non-drafted player (out of Wright State University) by the Yankees. Eighty of his 81 appearances have been as a reliever, 26 at the AA level.

 

Hissong has a protected Twitter account.

[Mass Haas]

Catcher Tyler Heineman back to Colorado Springs from Biloxi. He never did see action for the Shuckers during the brief move.

[jerichoholicninja]

Does Stearns manage all these moves or does someone else? I can't imagine David has the time to keep track of over 100 minor leaguers and who should be moving up or down, outside of the top prospects.

[82brewcrew82]

Does Stearns manage all these moves or does someone else? I can't imagine David has the time to keep track of over 100 minor leaguers and who should be moving up or down, outside of the top prospects.

 

100? Try in the neighborhood of 250. I doubt he is involved in every move but I'd bet he's consulted on the bigger names.

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Give or take, the Brewers currently have 298 players under contract in the organization.

[Mass Haas]

Tucked into Friday's Biloxi Media Notes was this --

 

On Friday, the Brewers signed RHP Travis Hissong to a minor league contract and sent RHP Wuilder Rodrí­guez back to Carolina.

 

Hissong was released by the Yankees organization on Tuesday after going 2–1 with a 4.73 ERA between Double-A Trenton and Advanced-A Tampa.[/url][/b].

 

To make room for Rodriguez at Carolina, little-used OF Brandon Diaz (despite a recent HR) was placed on the Mudcats "DL", retroactive to 6/22.

[Mass Haas]

Sky Sox will need to make transactions involving two position players when Jett Bandy and Lewis Brinson officially report to the club, likely Tuesday or Wednesday.

 

The Sky Sox roster currently has just 12 pitchers, so that won't be reduced.

 

Also, there are already three catchers on the roster, so it's conceivable two catchers among Andrew Susac, Rene Garcia, and Tyler Heineman could be placed on another roster or a phantom DL.

[Mass Haas]

At Wisconsin, LHP Cameron Roegner was officially transferred from the Helena paper roster today to make his Sunday tandem appearance, which turned out to be four perfect innings, by the way.

 

To make room, RHP David Burkhalter, coming off two scoreless innings on Saturday, was placed on the 7-day DL. Make of that what you will, keep in mind Burkhalter opened his season on May 5th after missing much of 2016 with an elbow strain, and this could be a way of controlling his innings.