2018 Minor League Transaction Thread

[Jim Goulart]

From Brewers PD

 

We've signed C Mike Alescio out of Seton Hall University and assigned him to the AZL Brewers.

 

Articles from this spring providing background on Alescio:

 

Seton Hall release on signing with the Brewers

 

Alescio's Player Profile Page

 

Mike Alescio looks to continue strong play

 

Alescio a success story around the plate

[JDBrewCrew]

Christian Meister

@PitchMeister

13h13 hours ago

Officially a Brewer! Incredibly thankful to the @Brewers organization for giving me an opportunity to continue chasing my dream. Huge thanks to @drivelinebases . Wouldn’t be here without all the great people I’m surrounded by on a daily basis, thankful for all of you!

 

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=665074#/career/R/pitching/2016/ALL

 

http://web.theabl.com.au/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=665074#/career/R/pitching/2017/ABL

 

Shows him hitting 95.

 

Kyle Boddy

Verified account

@drivelinebases

Christian Meister Pro Day: 88.2% FB strikes (15/17), 80% Splitter strikes (4/5), 50% BB strikes (2/4).

Max velocity 97.8 MPH. #drivelinepros #freeagent @PitchMeister

 

In a different drive line tweet, it showed him hitting 100.4. Only 24.

[And That]

After signing, Drew Rasmussen has been assigned to the AZL roster and placed on the 60-day DL. He won't pitch this year.

[And That]

With the signing of Alescio, the AZL roster is at capacity. Any further draft/UDFA signees (Bryce Turang or Christian Meister, for instance) will either have to go straight to Helena, force someone to be promoted from the AZL to Helena, or simply by placed on the AZL "Restricted List" and basically just be unactivated.

 

The DSL roster is also at capacity. The Helena roster has 6 available slots left.

[And That]

Not sure what happened, but Connor McVey no longer seems to be on the AZL roster. He played on June 18th and 19th (hit a HR even), but nothing since.

[Jim Goulart]

Not sure what happened, but Connor McVey no longer seems to be on the AZL roster. He played on June 18th and 19th (hit a HR even), but nothing since.

 

Slid onto the Timber Rattler 7-day DL.

[And That]

Minor league FA RHP Christian Meister, mentioned above, has been assigned to the AZL roster but is not yet activated.

[And That]

Minor league FA RHP Christian Meister, mentioned above, has been assigned to the AZL roster but is not yet activated.

Check that, Meister assigned to Colorado Springs. Slightly different than Maryvale.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Minor league FA RHP Christian Meister, mentioned above, has been assigned to the AZL roster but is not yet activated.

Check that, Meister assigned to Colorado Springs. Slightly different than Maryvale.

 

I'm kind of excited to see what this guy can do. If he really can crank it up to triple digits, we could be on to something here. I wonder if he's being looked at as strictly a reliever?

[Jim Goulart]

Wisconsin RHP Carlos Herrera started serving a three-game suspension Tuesday for his role in a dustup at home vs. Clinton on the 29th.

[Jim Goulart]

At Carolina, RHP Wuilder Rodriguez comes off the DL after a minimum 7-day stay. RHP Alec Bettinger, who exited his start early Tuesday, lands on the same list, hopefully it's a minor issue.

[Jim Goulart]

Original post June 11th --

 

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.

 

All three have now debuted on the island, with Arias the most recent on Tuesday 7/3.

 

We learn Arias is listed at 6'1", 155.

[And That]

As mentioned in the International Signings thread in the MLB Draft forum, RHP Abner Uribe was signed to a 2018 contract and placed on the DSL's Restricted List, so he wasn't a traditional July 2nd signing. Uribe could play yet this year. He was born on 6/20/00.

 

The Brewers have also signed RHP Jose Espiritu and assigned him to the DSL's Restricted List. Espiritu is eligible to play this year as well and was born on 11/20/98.

[And That]

Brewers signing RHP Yostin Villalobos, most likely for the next signing period. Here he is with Brewers scout Reinaldo Hidalgo.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkAtZA-j3tk/?taken-by=joseodelpete

Villalobos was born on 10/17/00 and was placed on the DSL's Restricted List. He is eligible to be activated this year.

[And That]

RHP Carlos Herrera activated from Wisconsin’s Suspended List.

 

RHP Bowden Francis placed on Wisconsin’s Temporary Inactive List.

 

OF Nic Pierre activated off of Wisconsin’s 7-day DL.

[Jim Goulart]

At AAA, RHP Aaron Brooks was placed on the Temp Inactive List on Thursday 7/5.

 

RHP Tim Dillard was activated from the same list for the Sky Sox on Friday. He was placed on the list on 6/27.

[And That]

RHP Juan Gomez placed on the DSL Brewers’ 60-day DL. He had not taken the mound yet this year.

 

OF Luis Valdez transferred from the DSL Brewers to the DSL co-op team.

 

Taking their spots on the DSL Brewers are recent RHP signings Luis L. Ortiz and Abner Uribe.

[And That]

20th round pick RHP Joey Matulovich has been assigned to Helena.

 

C Robie Rojas activated from the "7-day DL" at Colorado Springs.

[And That]

Undrafted FA RHPs Tate Budnick and Tyler Tungate have been promoted from the AZL to Helena. Helena now has 3 open slots on its 35-man roster.

 

The AZL club has one open slot on its own 35-man roster after last night's activation of Korry Howell. Draft picks Brice Turang, Reece Olson, and Wade Beasley all still need to be activated. Jolon Lun could still be activated as well.

[And That]

RHP Aaron Brooks activated from the Temporary Inactive List for Colorado Springs, which brings the Sky Sox roster back to a full 25 players.

 

C/RHP Joel Munoz placed on the DSL co-op's Suspended List. Could be any number of reasons for this.

[And That]

Taking their spots on the DSL Brewers are recent RHP signings Luis L. Ortiz and Abner Uribe.

Four days after adding him to the DSL roster, the Brewers have released this Luis Ortiz.

 

Taking his place on the DSL roster, yet another RHP/Ortiz, 16-year-old Robert Ortiz. He's been activated from the team's Restricted List.

 

Another 16-year-old, C Eduin Lugo, was activated off of the Restricted List for the DSL co-op team.

[And That]

Per Brewers PD:

 

RHP Jose Cuas and RHP Kody Rock have been released from the Wisconsin and Helena rosters respectively.

 

No corresponding move on the Wisconsin roster announced yet, though activating Bowden Francis off of the Temp Inactive List would make some sense.

[ClosetBrewerFan]

Good luck to Kody and Jose. No real surprise though. Brewcrew needs to make room for the new signings and they had rough numbers this year. My guess is Strzelecki or Whitmer to Wisconsin. Both are 23 years old and need to be challenged.

[And That]

17th round pick and 5'6 LHP Clayton Andrews has been promoted from Helena to Wisconsin.

[zagski6]

Any chance Peralta pitches for Wisconsin at all? I hear he will be with the team this weekend in South Bend.