2018 Minor League Transaction Thread

[Mass Haas]

Players opening the Dominican Summer League on the disabled list --

 

19-year-old 3rd year middle infielder Luis Manon

 

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20-year-old LHP Davison Gonzalez, entering his 2nd pro season; the Venezuelan debuted last August as one of the older signees from the July 2nd international draft class

 

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21-year-old RHP Victor Vasquez goes on the 60-day DL, not a good sign for making an appearance this year. The 6'4" Dominican native walked 26 in 28.1 2017 innings in his debut year, but managed a 2.86 ERA.

 

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Similarly to the 60-day DL, RHP Nestor Batista, another tall (6'5") Dominican, who made nine relief appearances in his debut 2017 season, but last pitched on July 13th.

[Mass Haas]

Recent farmhand catcher Natanael Mejia, 25, is listed as a coach on the DSL Indians/Brewers squad.

 

http://www.milb.com/images/602081/t5015/180x270/602081.jpg

[And That]

The Brewers have signed 27 year old RHP Danny Reynolds to a minor league free agent deal and activated him tonight for Biloxi. He was a 6th round pick of the Angels back in 2009 and played in the Braves system last year.

[Mass Haas]

Toby picked up on DSL to Maryvale movement.

[And That]

RHP Aaron Wilkerson activated off of the Sky Sox' DL after a 10 day stay. Have not heard the corresponding move, though it's safe to assume a pitcher was involved as Colorado Springs already had 14 pitchers active.

[And That]

RHP Aaron Wilkerson activated off of the Sky Sox' DL after a 10 day stay. Have not heard the corresponding move, though it's safe to assume a pitcher was involved as Colorado Springs already had 14 pitchers active.

Paolo Espino moved to the Helena roster to make room for Wilkerson.

[And That]

OF Carlos Belonis has been released from the Mudcats' roster.

[zagski6]

OF Carlos Belonis has been released from the Mudcats' roster.

 

Do you think they will bump Orimoloye or Segovia up?

[And That]

My guess is Segovia up or Grisham down. Orimoloye has had a really rough past couple of weeks.

[Mass Haas]

OF Carlos Belonis has been released from the Mudcats' roster.

 

Belonis was a major investment for the Brewers at the time, a $550,000 signing bonus. Lost nearly all of his 2nd pro season in 2013 to a broken thumb. Never clicked (career .636 OPS as a corner OF), was going to be a minor league FA this fall.

[JDBrewCrew]

Adam McCalvy

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@AdamMcCalvy

Brewers catching prospect Jacob Nottingham has been activated from the Triple-A DL after missing about three weeks with a rib-cage injury. Another catcher, Jett Bandy, is also active for the @skysox tonight after being outrighted on Friday.

5:03 PM - 5 Jun 2018

[JDBrewCrew]

Tom

@Haudricourt

9s10 seconds ago

OF Joantgel Segovia, who was having a big first half for @TimberRattlers has been promoted to @CarolinaMudcats.

[JDBrewCrew]

From Mehring's blog...

 

Transactions:

OF Joantgel Segovia transferred from Wisconsin to Carolina

INF Nick Roscetti transferred from Wisconsin to Carolina

 

OF Jay Feliciano transferred from Helena to Wisconsin

INF Kenny Corey transferred from Extended Spring Training to Wisconsin

[Mass Haas]

To make room for Jacob Nottingham and Jett Bandy at AAA, catcher Dustin Houle was placed on the Sky Sox DL retroactive to June 2nd and INF Gabriel Noriega was placed on the same 7-day DL retroactive to June 4th.

 

Seems like phantom moves to maintain roster depth, but we probably should not assume in the possibility of legitimate injuries.

[Mass Haas]

Catcher Nathan Rodriguez was placed on the Carolina 7-day DL retroactive to June 2nd to help make room for the newest Mudcats.

 

Keep in mind that Helena and Maryvale roster limits are 35 non-disabled list players, and with the rookie leagues about to get underway with a bunch of new draftees, the Brewers will have to play games with the various DL's rather than the taxi squad paper rosters of April and May.

 

That being said, we are not sure of Rodriguez' actual injury (or not) status at this time.

[And That]

Paolo Espino and Charlie Meyer have been moved from Helena's roster to Colorado Springs' DL. Like Jim mentioned, the Brewers have reached the time of year where they can't use the rookie ball rosters to stash players as much. Don't know if either Espino or Meyer are actually injured, probably not, but we'll pass on info if we find out something.

 

The Sky Sox' active roster currently features 14 pitchers and 3 catchers, which is... interesting.

[JDBrewCrew]

Also, Devin Williams posted on Instagram that he is in Carolina so I bet he's activated soon.

[Mass Haas]

OF Johnny Davis hit a big triple in his debut for the Kansas City T-Bones of the American Association.

 

Davis has since found work in the Mexican League with Dos Laredos, and so for the moment, his stateside independent league work is done.

[JDBrewCrew]

Brewers Player Dev

@BrewersPD

Moves: Devin Williams transferred to Carolina; Chase Williams released from Carolina.

[Mass Haas]

At Biloxi, LH reliever Quintin Torres-Costa comes off the 7-day DL after just over the minimum stint.

 

To make room, INF Darren Seferina is placed on the DL retro to June 5th.

[JDBrewCrew]

LSUS Athletics

@LSUS_Athletics

Congratulations to Renny Tolentino for signing a contract with the @Brewers this morning! All the best Renny! He becomes the 5th @LSUS_Baseball player to sign with an affiliated team in the past four years! #AnchorUp

 

http://www.lsusathletics.com/article/1190.php

 

Last year we signed two players from here.

 

2017-Trey Robledo (Milwaukee Brewers)

2017-Brandon Texiera (Milwaukee Brewers)

[And That]

Robledo didn't actually sign, as IIRC he failed a physical.

[Mass Haas]

University of Cincinnati infielder Connor McVey signs as a NDFA.

[Mass Haas]

At Carolina, RHP Alec Crawford comes off the 7-day DL after a two-week stint there. RHP Braulio Ortiz, who has struggled since his bump up from Wisconsin, is placed on the DL.

[And That]

The Brewers have added three more Latin players to their DSL roster, though all three have been placed on the restricted list as they wait to be activated:

 

RHP Deybi Arias, born 5/27/01;

OF Starling Javier, born 12/17/00; and,

RHP Wellington Nunez, born 10/17/99.

 

We'll link to their milb.com pages once they're up.