2023 Minor League Transaction Thread

[Joseph Zarr]

- RHP Colin Rea was optioned to the Nashville Sounds by the Milwaukee Brewers

- RHP J.B. Bukauskas was recalled by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Nashville Sounds

[Ro Mueller]

• C Jose Sibrian released by Low-A Carolina
• OF Arbert Cipion released by High-A Wisconsin

[wiguy94]

21 minutes ago, damuelle said:

• C Jose Sibrian released by Low-A Carolina
• OF Arbert Cipion released by High-A Wisconsin

NOOOO...hopefully Sibrian will come back as a coach of some form.

[Joseph Zarr]

8 hours ago, damuelle said:

• C Jose Sibrian released by Low-A Carolina
• OF Arbert Cipion released by High-A Wisconsin

Well, this was not the news I needed at the end of my day. Darn it. My sweet catching Prince. May you thrive wherever you land.  

[CheeseheadInQC]

I wonder what the early releases of about-to-be minor league free agents are about. Favor to the players to let them negotiate with other teams faster? Quirk in the rules where they have to bring guys back from the development list/60-day IL because those teams' seasons are over, but they still have to comply with the overall player limits because triple-A is still going on? Maybe my memory is short, but I can't remember this happening in past years.

[Ro Mueller]

• C Jhonnys Cabrera released by Low-A Carolina
• LHP Adam Seminaris assigned to AAA Nashville from AA Biloxi

 

[Ro Mueller]

- C Alex Hall released by High-A Wisconsin

[LouisEly]

26 minutes ago, damuelle said:

- C Alex Hall released by High-A Wisconsin

Got to be a major leaguer for one day.   And got paid $4,000 for that one day.

[Joseph Zarr]

Since September 1st the Brewers have released six catchers. Six. Wild. 

[CheeseheadInQC]

7 hours ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Since September 1st the Brewers have released six catchers. Six. Wild. 

I guess theoretically they have enough for next year if they go with two catchers at the top three levels, have Clarke catch more, and promote someone not really ready to back up Wood at Wisconsin, but man this looks like an area they will need to address in minor league free agency or the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.

[Sugarrayray]

Does anyone know why Gasser isn’t making his last start?

[ARobsBrewCrew]

15 minutes ago, Sugarrayray said:

Does anyone know why Gasser isn’t making his last start?

His last start at AAA you mean? 👀

[ARobsBrewCrew]

Just now, ARobsBrewCrew said:

His last start at AAA you mean? 👀

No, I don’t have any inside info just throwing it out there

[TURBO]

I don't understand the catcher purge.

 

[Ro Mueller]

Cutting stateside minor league rosters from 180 to 165 for all clubs won't be pretty, with 450 players getting pushed out into the wilderness between September 2023 and April 2024. Some of these cuts are perhaps a casualty of this.

Releasing Hall was a semi-surprise for me, given the expectation that Quero and Clarke will immediately move up to AAA. Maybe we'll bring Brent Diaz (free agent) back or entice Jose Sibrian with a AA roster spot (I'd been expecting Sibrian to re-sign for High-A ball). Either way, we'll definitely be on the lookout to add one or two catchers via the Rule 5 draft or free agency, although the 2019 Alex Alvarez Rule 5 experience at AA Biloxi wasn't that inspiring to me.

[Ro Mueller]

- RHP Ryne Moore released by ACL Brewers (though I’d say it’s more accurate to mark his level as High-A Wisconsin, after which injuries pushed him down)

[Joseph Zarr]

In what appears to be a series of paperwork moves (at least for now):

The ACL Brewers activated the following players from the 'Temporarily Inactive List':

• RHP Darling Solano
• RHP Samuel Dario
• INF Alberis Ferrer
• RHP Henrison Mota
• RHP Ryan Birchard
• INF Josh Adamczewski

[Ro Mueller]

- INF Josh VanMeter released by AAA Nashville
- OF Skye Bolt released by AAA Nashville
- OF Monte Harrison released by AAA Nashville
- C Brent Diaz released by AAA Nashville
- RHP Edrian Robinson released by ACL Brewers

[duewizard]

On 9/23/2023 at 3:31 PM, Joseph Zarr said:

Since September 1st the Brewers have released six catchers. Six. Wild. 

Make that 7

[Joseph Zarr]

Staying current from the past couple of days:

- RHP Colin Rea was recalled by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Nashville Sounds

- LHP Ethan Small was recalled by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Nashville Sounds

- (pertaining directly to his AFL assignment) RHP Justin Yeager was activated off the 60-Day IL by the Biloxi Shuckers

[Joseph Zarr]

Continuing to stay current as the season nears its end:

- LHP Ethan Small was optioned to the Nashville Sounds from the Milwaukee Brewers

- LHP Clayton Andrews was recalled by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Nashville Sounds

- The Milwaukee Brewers selected the contract of RHP Caleb Boushley from the Nashville Sounds

- The Milwaukee Brewers DFA'd RHP Julio Tehran to the Nashville Sounds

 

[Joseph Zarr]

- RHP Caleb Boushley was optioned to the Nashville Sounds from the Milwaukee Brewers

-LHP Clayton Andrews was optioned to the Nashville Sounds from the Milwaukee Brewers 

- LHP Eric Lauer was recalled by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Nashville Sounds

[Joseph Zarr]

- RHP Janson Junk has been recalled by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Nashville Sounds

- LHP Eric Lauer was optioned by the Milwaukee Brewers to the ACL Brewers

[Ro Mueller]

- 1B/OF Keston Hiura of AAA Nashville elected free agency

[Ro Mueller]

- RHP Julio Teheran (technically of AAA Nashville after accepting an outright assignment to hang around as potential MLB playoff depth) elected free agency