A total of 43 players have elected to become minor league free agents, according to Baseball America’s Matt Eddy in his latest round-up of minor league transactions. MLBTR has already reported on some of these moves over the last few days, and here is the rest of the list, with players grouped by their most recent team…
- Angels: RHP David Carpenter, RHP Dane De La Rosa, C John Hester
- Braves: RHP Pedro Beato
- Cubs: C Eli Whiteside
- Diamondbacks: 3B Andy Marte
- Giants: 2B Brandon Hicks
- Indians: MI Elliot Johnson
- Marlins: OF Brian Bogusevic
- Mets: LHP John Lannan, SS Omar Quintanilla, C Taylor Teagarden
- Orioles: RHP Josh Stinson
- Padres: OF Jeff Francoeur, 3B Chris Nelson
- Phillies: SS Reid Brignac, LHP Jeremy Horst, RHP Jeff Manship
- Pirates: SS Michael Martinez, RHP Vin Mazzaro, 1B Chris McGuiness
- Rangers: 1B/OF Mike Carp, LHP Ryan Feierabend, 2B Josh Wilson
- Red Sox: OF Corey Brown, 2B Ryan Roberts
- Royals: INF Pedro Ciriaco, RHP Blake Wood
- Tigers: RHP Kevin Whelan
- Yankees: LHP Josh Outman
I see one player the rangers could sign a minor league contract
Can’t stand the suspense…who?
Franceour
Omar Quintanilla would not be horrible. At least it would allow the young middle infielders the chance to play everyday in the minor leagues, instead of being a back up on the big league roster.
This Pirates fan wishes Vin Mazzaro nothing but the best. We didn’t use him this year, but he just got caught in a numbers crunch. He was outstanding in 2013.
You can add Troy Patton to the Padres’ list.
Two guys on that list I could see Milwaukee taking a minor league contract flyer on, Carp and Nelson.
Perhaps Ciriaco too
Mazzaro, obviously, deserves a shot at a job.
And given that 2015 is an odd numbered year, Carp isn’t horrible.
Lannan was serviceable once upon a time as a pitch-to-contact #5. He’s not really suited to leverage-situations in the pen where missing bats carries with it a higher chance of a desirable outcome.