We'll keep you posted on all of today's minor deals right here:
- The Royals officially announced that they signed right-hander Steven Shell and outfielder Brett Carroll to minor league deals. The team also re-signed Luis Mendoza, Julio Pimentel, Cody Clark, Irving Falu, Mario Lisson and Jamie Romak to minor league deals.
- The Twins signed left-hander Phil Dumatrait to a minor-league deal, according to Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The 29-year-old has a 7.06 ERA in 109 2/3 career innings, most of which he logged for the Pirates. Dumatrait has walked 65 and struck out 68 in his big league career. He started 8 games at Triple-A for the Tigers in 2010, walking more batters than he struck out.
- The Twins also signed former Red Sox Jeff Bailey to a minor league deal. Bailey batted .289/.387/.462 in 564 plate appearances for Arizona's Triple-A affililate last year. The former second-round pick has 176 minor league home runs to his name.
- The Phillies signed Jeff Larish to a minor league deal, according to MLB.com's Todd Zolecki (on Twitter). The 28-year-old batted .179/.267/.313 in 75 plate appearances for the Tigers and A's in 2010. He has played first, third and left field in his three-year MLB career.
I follow Korean baseball and Dumatrait signed with Korean baseball team LG Twins this May and got ROCKED pretty bad. 4-6, 8.22 ERA and only 29k’s in 61.1IP. ouch. Good for him to get a minor league contract here
The Royals resigning Mendoza is a bit of a head scratcher.
2011 AL Cy Yong: Phil Dumatrait
I really like the Jeff Larish signing.
I really hope Larish establishes himself in Philly at some position. The guys got so much power but he just cant make consistent contact
Irving Falu has the coolest name in baseball.
I remember Jeff Baily being in a lot of Red Sox dumb trade proposals, a few years from now we will read another minors transaction with Lars Anderson.