July / Aug Transactions - Brewer draft pick spurns Oregon St

[bork]

who's joe valentine? the brewers just signed him to a minor league deal.

 

See page 2 (post 38) of this thread, near the bottom.

[Mass Haas]

Pretty big surprise out of West Virginia:

 

Power Press Release:

 

CHARLESTON, WV (July 19, 2006) - The West Virginia Power, Class A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers have made another roster move.

 

Today, right handed pitcher Robbie Wooley was given his outright release. Wooley was placed on the disabled list twice this season and began the 2005 season with the Power before being sent to Helena halfway through the year. Wooley had been on the disabled list for a while, therefore no move was necessary to replace him on the roster.

 

Wooley, Milwaukee's 6th Round pick in the 2003 draft from Kokomo, Indiana had a 1-3 record and a 4.86 ERA during the 2006 season with the Power.

 

Just too many baserunners, to the untrained eye from a distance.

 

Robbie Wooley Brewerfan Player Index Page:

 

www.brewerfan.net/ViewPla...ayerId=599

 

Here's wishing Robbie well; he was actually the first pitcher the Brewers drafted in 2003, in the 6th round. The top four rounds went pretty well (Weeks, Gwynn, Palmisano, Fermaint). Catcher Bryan Opdyke was a mis-fire in the 5th round.

[molitor fan]

Wow, that stinks. Robbie's dad was an occasional poster here, and we had a few conversations about Robbie as well as the Packers - as they were huge fans, and talked of meeting for a Packer game and sent me an autographed card with a nice note. Seemed like a nice family, and this bums me out a bit.

 

Best wishes, of course.

[Brian the Automator]

Best of luck in all of your future endeavors, Robbie.

[DHonks]

too bad for Robbie, as he was very good in Helena two straight years. He--like Josh Baker--is someone I expected to thrive in W. Va in '05, and it never happened

[thumperden]

I'm guessing that Robbie didn't have any luck with arm health and tried to compete with arm woes anyway. He was highly touted. Perhaps rest is the best medicine for him now and he can field offers over the off-season.

 

Wish you well Robbie!

[Mass Haas]

Not an official disabled list transaction as of yet, but as mentioned in the Brendan Katin feature article:

 

Brevard County recently sent outfielder Hasan Rasheed home to recover from a staph infection.

[Mass Haas]

Huntsville Times:

 

Lefty Jeff Housman underwent shoulder surgery Thursday and is out for the season. He was 1-4 in 11 starts.

[Dennisfrancis]

heard during the broadcast a few minutes ago that the Sounds released P Wilton Chavez today. Also, LHP Dana Eveland optioned back to Nashville from Milwaukee.

[bork]

The Nashville roster now lists Barnwell and no longer lists Ozzie Chavez. Hunstville doesn't show any changes yet, but Chavez would appear to be headed back there.

[Mass Haas]

Huntsville Press Release:

 

The Milwaukee Brewers have sent shortstop Ozzie Chavez from triple-A Nashville to Huntsville and placed infielder Milko Jaramillo on the disabled list, retroactive to July 25. Chavez will be in uniform Thursday night when the Stars meet the Birmingham Barons in the fourth of a five-game set at Joe Davis Stadium.

 

Chavez was promoted from Huntsville to Nashville on June 20 and batted .231 with one home run and six runs batted in over 78 at-bats in 24 games for the Sounds. The 22 year-old batted .254 with one home run and 21 runs driven in over 68 games for the Stars and had hit safely in each of his last four games before joining Nashville.

 

Jaramillo is hitting .163 with one run batted in since joining Huntsville on May 31.

 

No word on the nature of Jaramillo's injury -- Mass Haas

[dadofandrew]

No word on the nature of Jaramillo's injury

 

Perhaps he strained his ability to hit.

[bullox]

LHP Julian Cordero will be added to the WV Power roster.

[Mass Haas]

From an early July Cordero start, thanks to LS Brewer on the Major League forum:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...p;sid=t500

[mpepy05]

July 26 Roundup From rangersminors.mostvaluablenetwork.com

 

L-King southpaw Julian Cordero ran into his first trouble as a starting pitcher on Wednesday evening, allowing a Rheinecker-esque line of three innings, eight hits, four runs (three earned), no walks, and one strikeout.

 

July 21

 

Left hander Julian Cordero was outstanding once again, logging a season-high seven innings while allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits. Cordero, who has allowed just 11 hits in 23 innings since joining the Clinton rotation, walked one and struck out five.

 

Cordero has a K/BB ratio of 17:5 in his four starts this season.

 

Who knows anything about his stuff?

[Mass Haas]

West Virginia Press Release:

 

CHARLESTON, WV (July 28, 2006) - The West Virginia Power, Class A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers have made another roster move.

 

Today, middle infielder Hector Bernal was placed on the disabled list due to his left leg injury on Thursday night, and Ryan Barba has been called up from the Arizona Brewers to take his place.

 

In fifth inning of Thursday night's game against the Charleston Riverdogs, Bernal seriously injured his left leg while trying to turn a double play at second base. The extent of his injury is not known at this time, but he is expected to miss the remainder of the season. Bernal was hitting .203 with three RBI over 13 games with the Power.

 

Barba, who was signed by Milwaukee earlier this month as an undrafted free agent, played in seven games with the Arizona Brewers and hit .231 with seven RBI. Barba played his college ball at the University of New Mexico where he hit .329 with nine home runs and 43 RBI during the 2006 season.

 

The Charleston Daily Mail has learned that Bernal did indeed break his left tibia and fibula.

 

Interesting to note that this is the second consecutive occasion that the organization has bypassed Helena to promote an infielder from Arizona (Bernal being the prior occurrance).

[Mass Haas]

Earlier this season the Brewers acquired 1B Greg Sain from the Padres (since released), Huntsville RHP Matt Yeatman from the Twins, and RHP Matt Smith from the Cardinals (since released) in deals for PTBNL's.

 

In each of these trades, the transaction has been closed with cash considerations.

 

There are no PTBNL's now pending for the organization (coming or going).

[Mass Haas]

RHP Wil Laureano of the Power has been traded to the Phillies for third baseman David Bell.

 

A Brewer will have to be removed from the 40-man (and the 25-man) to make room.

 

Wilfredo Laureano's Brewerfan Player Index Page:

Already in professional baseball six years, the 22-year-old Dominican product is not a significant loss; the Phillies South Atlantic League team (Lakewood) has seen the 6'6" righty this season...

 

www.brewerfan.net/ViewPla...ayerId=189

[Mass Haas]

As poster brewcru1 mentioned in an injury thread earlier (and we never doubt brewcru1 and his perfect record http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif ), RHP Chris Saenz was indeed released by the Brewers earlier this spring.

 

Chris will always have those six shutout innings vs. St. Louis. Hopefully we see him again somewhere in the future.

[pogokat]

wil doesn't have great stuff and he walks too many people//he wont ever be in the majors

[Mass Haas]

From the Tennessean:

 

Two added: The Sounds called up Milko Jaramillo on Saturday from Huntsville.

 

The infielder from Venezuela was signed from the Independent League at the start of the season and was with the Sounds for seven games.

 

He played second and third base, batted .214 (3-for-14) with three RBIs and three stolen bases.

 

Jaramillo, 25, has been with Huntsville since leaving Nashville on May 30. He batted .154 (8-for-52) with one RBI in 20 games there. Jaramillo, who originally signed as a non-drafted free agent, was selected in 1996 in the minor league draft by the Cardinals organization.

 

With Jaramillo being added and former Rangers outfielder Laynce Nix coming today after a trade, the Sounds will have to drop a player from the roster.

 

Not sure how Jaramillo can go from the Huntsville DL to Nashville in a matter of days, or the better question, why.

 

That Nashville roster is really oddly crafted now. 13 pitchers, and a ton of slap hitters -- Dave Krynzel, Nix and Kennard Bibbs are the only true outfielders on the roster.

 

Graham Koonce is really going to have to shoulder the run production role night in and night out for this team -- he did last night, but to no avail.

[bork]

Perhaps a Nashville pitcher will get sent to Hunstville, since they only have 10. Boscan really isn't needed now that they have Lee.

[Mass Haas]

www.fmredhawks.com/news/i...ase_id=448

 

REDHAWKS SELL HARMSEN?S CONTRACT TO BREWERS

Reliever to join Brevard County of the Florida State League

 

Fargo, N.D. ? The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks have sold the contract of RHP Brandon Harmsen to the Milwaukee Brewers organization, the Northern League club announced today. Harmsen is the first member of the 2006 RedHawks to have his contract purchased by a Major League organization.

 

Harmsen, 24, was a 2006 Northern League All-Star selection and was 3-3 with a 3.89 ERA along with having one save for the RedHawks at the time his contract was sold. In 39.1 innings of work Harmsen allowed 19 runs, 17 earned, on 34 hits. He also walked 11 batters while striking out 35 and was able to hold opposing batters to a .230 batting average against him this season.

 

Acquired from the Gary SouthShore RailCats during the preseason, this season was Harmsen?s first in the independent ranks of professional baseball after playing in the New York Yankees organization for the previous four seasons. He was a sixth round draft pick in 2002 for the Yankees and played at the Single-A level for three seasons before being released.

 

Harmsen will return to the Florida State League where he played 19 games last season with Tampa. He will report to the Brewers affiliate, Brevard County.

 

In the midst of his fifth professional season, Harmsen joins Brevard County with a 27-30 career record and a 3.80 ERA.

 

Brandon Harmsen's Career Statistics:

Drafted in the same draft and round as Huntsville's Khalid Ballouli...

 

www.thebaseballcube.com/p...msen.shtml

 

http://www.fmredhawks.com/players/mugs/harmsen_brandon.jpg

[Mass Haas]

The reason Milko Jaramillo came off the 7-day DL so quickly for his transfer to Nashville was that his stint had been backdated to July 22nd (right big toe).

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Media Notes:

 

BRAY PLACED ON DISABLED LIST: Right-handed reliever Steve Bray suffered a strained right hamstring during his 1 1/3 innings of work last night and has been placed on the Sounds? disabled list. The 25-year-old has allowed a run in only one of his initial 10 outings for Nashville (0.96 ERA, 1ER / 9.1 IP). His removal from the active roster creates an opening for outfielder Laynce Nix.