2018 Minor League Transaction Thread

[And That]

16-year-old Dominican RHP Brailin Rodriguez, listed at 6'2", 185 (only turned 16 in August)

Rodriguez has been assigned to the AZL roster.

 

Additionally, LHP Luis Cordero has been activated from the AZL's 60-day DL.

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Additional signings

 

Two 17 year olds from China

 

Jian Yi - RHP

 

YongKang Kou - 3B

 

 

16 year old from Venezuela

 

Jesus Parra

Yi and Kou assigned to the AZL roster (with future contracts); as noted above, Parra assigned to the DSL co-op roster.

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OFs Micah Bello and Joe Gray, and INF Korry Howell have been assigned from the AZL to Helena Colorado Springs.

 

RHP Harold Chirino, SS Antonio Pinero, and RHP Nash Walters have been activated off of Helena's Colorado Springs' 60-day DL. INF Julio Mendez has been activated off of Colorado Springs' 7-day DL.

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OF LG Castillo, INF Yeison Coca, RHP Max Lazar, RHP Joey Matulovich, and C Kekai Rios have been promoted from Colorado Springs to Wisconsin.

 

RHPs Drew Rasmussen, Matt Smith, and Andrew Vernon have been activated from the AZL's 60-day DL and transferred all the way up to Wisconsin.

 

INF Kenny Corey, LHP Blake Fox, RHP Jayson Rose, and RHP Austin Rubick have been activated off of Wisconsin's 7-day DL.

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LHP Aaron Ashby and C Payton Henry have been promoted from Wisconsin to Carolina. OF Tristen Lutz has been promoted from his temporary home in the AZL to Carolina as well.

 

LHPs Jake Drossner and Christian Trent have been activated off of Colorado Springs' 60-day DL and transferred to Carolina.

 

LHP Brendan Murphy, INF Tucker Neuhaus, LHP Drake Owenby, C Nate Rodriguez, and C Robie Rojas have been activated off of Carolina's 7-day DL.

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RHP Marcos Diplan recalled to the Brewers' active roster from Biloxi, though that's just a procedural move for the winter.

 

In addition to being signed to a one-year contract extension, RHP Preston Gainey has been activated off of Biloxi's 60-day DL. Not-actually-a-player-anymore Jim Henderson also activated off of Biloxi's 60-day DL. Henderson is now a coach in the AZL for the Brewers and will become a minor league free agent soon anyway.

 

1B Jake Gatewood and RHP Conor Harber activated off of Biloxi's 7-day DL.

 

RHP Tyler Spurlin activated off of Biloxi's Restricted List.

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RHP Devin Williams has been activated off of Carolina's DL and promoted to Colorado Springs San Antonio. RHP Alec Asher, temporarily transferred to Carolina toward the end of the season, has been transferred back to the AAA roster though he's due to become a FA after the end of the World Series anyway.

 

RHP Danny Reynolds activated off of Biloxi's 7-day DL and promoted to San Antonio.

 

RHP Michael Brady, RHP Erik Davis, RHP Tim Dillard, SS Mauricio Dubon, INF Jake Hager, C Charlie Meyer, and INF Shane Opitz have been reinstated from the AAA 7-day DL. C Dustin Houle and RHP Aaron Wilkerson have been activated from the AAA Temp Inactive List. Dubon, Wilkerson, and RHP Adrian Houser have been moved to Milwaukee's active roster in procedural moves. Except for Meyer, the rest are due to become free agents.

 

Actually, 21 of the 28 players currently on the AAA roster are due to become free agents.

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RHP Hiram Burgos, who spent the year on Colorado Springs' 60-day DL and worked as a coach in the minor leagues, has been released. I assume that just means from his roster spot, and that he will remain on as a coach.

[Minigoon]

Juan Chourio signed with Milwaukee. 16 year old (4/22/2002) RHP from Venezuela. 6'-2', 185.

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More international signings for Milwaukee, all RHPs, all signed to 2019 contracts:

 

Yohandry Perez

Rafael Camacho

Ronnald Rojas

Edwin Jimenez

[Mass Haas]

More international signings for Milwaukee, all RHPs, all signed to 2019 contracts:

 

Yohandry Perez

Rafael Camacho

Ronnald Rojas

Edwin Jimenez

 

Perez turns 22 in November, so he's an advanced-age signing to be sure. The Dominican is listed at 6'1", 197.

 

Remember, RHP Miguel Sanchez was even older when signed in January 2016, and he's pitching in the Arizona Fall League now.

[Mass Haas]

From mid-August:

 

RHP's Junior Montero and Rafael Garcia were signed as international free agents to 2019 contracts.

 

Montero just turned 20 in September, is Dominican, and listed at 6'3", 175.

 

Garcia is a 17-year-old from Panama, listed at 6'1", 158.

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Pitcher Oscar Castaneda was signed as an international free agent to a 2019 contract.

 

I added in mid-August:

 

Castaneda works out of an independent training academy in Mexico, and similar to MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez' tweet about RHP Mario Perez back on July 4th, Castaneda has no formal affiliation with the professional Mexican League, and thus was eligible for the Crew to sign. MLB has placed a moratorium on signing professional Mexican League players while improprieties in that system are worked out.

 

Here's Castaneda, you can follow (and translate) the Twitter thread above and below this link.

 

Is this a relative of Helena Brewers RHP Victor Castaneda? Victor was one of the last Mexican League players signed by MLB when the Crew purchased his contract last summer.

 

 

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UPDATE:

 

We now know Castaneda is 5'11", 2015, he was born in a different Mexican city and is nearly three years younger that Victor, having turned 17 in May.

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Add two more international signings to the list:

 

RHP Wilkerman Chourio

C Henry Leon

 

Brewers cornering the market on Chourios.

 

That's now 25 Latin players on 2019 contracts, plus the two Chinese guys.

[JDBrewCrew]

They have to be adding a full second DSL team at this point, right?

[Mass Haas]

More international signings for Milwaukee, all RHPs, all signed to 2019 contracts:

 

Yohandry Perez

Rafael Camacho

Ronnald Rojas

Edwin Jimenez

 

Several photos of Ronnald Rojas post-Brewers signing here.

[markedman5]

Taylor added to 40 man roster

 

[And That]

RHP Hiram Burgos, who spent the year on Colorado Springs' 60-day DL and worked as a coach in the minor leagues, has been released. I assume that just means from his roster spot and that he will remain on as a coach.

The Brewers have also released RHP Jim Henderson and catchers Fidel Pena and Natanael Mejia. Same as with Burgos, the trio were on player contracts but served as coaches. Hopefully, they did good work and will be brought back as full-time coaches.

[Mass Haas]

More international signings for Milwaukee, all RHPs, all signed to 2019 contracts:

 

Rafael Camacho

Ronnald Rojas

Edwin Jimenez

 

Several photos of Ronnald Rojas post-Brewers signing here.

 

RHP Ronnald Rojas, out of Venezuela, won't turn 17 until April, listed at 5'9, 170

 

RHP Rafael Camacho is out of Venezuela, just turned 16 last August, listed at 6'0", 165

 

RHP Edwin Jimenez is out of Venezuela, will turn 17 in December, listed at 6'3", 175

 

Add two more international signings to the list:

 

RHP Wilkerman Chourio

C Henry Leon

 

Brewers cornering the market on Chourios.

 

That's now 25 Latin players on 2019 contracts, plus the two Chinese guys.

 

RHP Wilkerman Chourio (Instagram signing photo via his academy), out of Venezuela, just turned 18 in October, 6'1", 170

 

Catcher Henry Leon, out of Venezuela, turns 17 in January, a RH bat, 5'9", 175

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From the July 2nd international signing class, we now have vitals on these players:

 

Erys Bautista, OF, Dominican Republic -- $500,000

 

 

Rafael Martinez, CF, Venezuela -- $435,000

 

Carlos Roa, SS, Venezuela -- $385,000

 

Jhonnys Cabrera, C, Venezuela -- $300,000

 

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OF Erys Bautista is a switch-hitter, RH arm, will turn 17 on November 9th, listed at 6'1", 220 (nice)

 

2017 VIDEO:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx5aNaxoIVI

 

CF Rafael Martinez is a switch-hitter, RH arm, turned 17 last September, listed at 5'11", 170

 

SS Carlos Roa is a RH bat, turned 17 last September, listed at 5'11", 165

 

C Jhonnys Cabrera is a RH bat, only turned 16 last June, listed at 5'11", 150 (See a series of photos here)

[Mass Haas]

Now have vitals on --

 

RHP Mario Perez, out of Mexico, turned 16 last April, listed at 5'11", 148

 

 

From MLB.com in July:

 

Mario Perez and the Mexican market

 

Major League Baseball and Mexican League Baseball are working on a player transfer system, and until a practice is agreed upon, all players with an affiliation to Mexican League teams, including those eligible to sign during the international signing period, cannot sign a contract with a Major League team. So far this period, Mario Perez, a right-handed pitcher who trains with the Gonzalez Sports Academy and signed with the Brewers for $337,000, is the only notable signing from the country. The Gonzalez Sports Academy is run by the family of first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and is not affiliated with any Mexican League team. There were around 90 players from Mexico to sign during the entire 2017-2018 international signing period.

[Mass Haas]

Also from the July 2nd signing pool (no bonus info):

 

SS Angel Bautista, out of the Dominican Republic, RH bat, turned 16 last April, listed at 5'8", 160

 

Add more:

 

OF Brayan Nino

 

No dollars, but a signing photo here.

 

The Brewers list him as CF Bryan Nino, signed out of Columbia, a RH bat, turned 16 last April, 6'0", 169

 

2B Joneiker Ponce de Leon, out of Venezuela, a RH bat, turned 16 last March, 5'9", 150

[And That]

The 22 players listed in this thread became free agents at 4pm yesterday.

 

viewtopic.php?f=64&t=37102

 

At least for the time being, the San Antonio roster features only 8 players.