The Brewers are looking to add a shortstop to the organization to provide depth behind Yuniesky Betancourt and Craig Counsell, assistant GM Gord Ash told Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Ash says the Brewers are “extraordinarily” thin at shortstop in the minors, yet he isn’t optimistic about acquiring depth in a minor trade.
“We’re diligently looking but there’s not a lot available,” he said.
Triple-A shortstop Edwin Maysonet is likely headed to the disabled list and Luis Cruz recently signed with the Rangers despite the Brewers’ insistence that he would be their first choice if they needed a shortstop in the majors.
Zelous Wheeler, a 24-year-old infielder at Triple-A, is likely out for six weeks, and 13-year minor leaguer Anderson Machado is playing in his place. The lower levels of Milwaukee’s system don’t feature legitimate alternatives, so the Brewers are eyeing other organizations’ infielders.
Take Pete Kozma! He’s a former first rounder…
Have Counsell be a player/manager
13 year old!?!?!
Reading Comprehension?!?!
“13-year minor leaguer Anderson Machado is playing in his place.”
I intially read this as “13 year-old minor leaguer Anderson Machado is playing in his place”.
Haha, same here. 🙂
Me too
I know this guy in Texas with loads of experience…
That guy with the Gold Glove!?
Yep! and he plays with it. Thinks it gives him style points
please take jack wilson. hes good…
Brandon Wood may be available if they play their cards right.
tony abreu could work
Marco scutaro may be available because Jed Lowlie is better than him.
But・・・・・・・REDSOX need back-end starting picther.
no they don’t
Randy Wolf.
Anything is better than Betancourt. Worst player in baseball.
Amazingly, he’s playing well. What a shocker that fanbases like the Mariners spout silliness.
Actually, Yuni is playing rather well here in Milwaukee.
You can have Yuniesky Betanc… oh wait. Getting rid of him was the best part of the Greinke trade.
Stephen Drew anyone?
and what exactly do the brewers have to get Drew?
The prospect cupboard is bone dry
Shocking that the Brewers need backup behind Yuni.
As an aside I’m so glad they took Greinke and emptied their minor league system to do so. Jeffress got his first win today and is pitching lights-out.
Jeffres got the save today, Davies got the win. Completely agree though.
Read the article. They are short minor league shortstops. The article doesn’t even talk about the major league roster. Despite the haters, Betancourt has been fine. He’s making all the routine plays and only has committed one error. He’s impressed me with his ability when he’s the middle man on double plays. He has quick hands and transitions the ball in a flash. He hasn’t hit much, about what Escobar has for the Royals, but he’s played just 10 games.
The Brewers pitching staff is 4th in the NL, leads the league with 3 shutouts, and defensively they have the fewest errors in the league (against all the doomsayers predictions). All this and they will be adding a former Cy Young winner in less than 3 weeks.
Brewers are on their way.
BTW, the demise of their minor league system is way premature. They are short in a few spots, but they have quite a few pitchers with plenty of promise that are off to good starts.
Ramon Santiago may be the odd man out in Detroit. He’s not great but he’s better than Yuni, and he can play passable D
And who does Detroit get? I think Santiago might be a little more expensive than you think. Esspessially when the Brewers have Yuni as their only other option and Detroit is not desperate to get rid of him. Maybe Worth and a mid level prospect for Randy Wolf. Then we can move Coke back to the bullpen to pitch the seventh. That way we have someone who can take that spot while Joel Zumaya’s arm falls off while doing the windmill on guitar hero and takes Ryan Perry’s eyeball right out while he helps him move.
take Brandon Wood Ron!
Atleast Wood wouldn’t be the worst batter in the lineup… the pitchers would slightly edge him out.
He would be when Gallardo is pitching
They can have Brandon Wood!!!!!!!
They can have Brandon Wood for a bucket of baseballs!!!!
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You can have an edit button to the left of the reply button!!!!!!
Tribe is overflowing with infielders currently at AAA Columbus. A fringe top prospect Cord Phelps is stuck DHing actually because of the logjam there…..and that’s with Jason Donald rehabbing at AA Akron.
Tribe could be looking to move Valbuena (the current starting SS at AAA). He has ML experience, did hit 10 HRs in 2009 as a rookie. He’s obviously not a starter, especially at SS where his defense is below average….but the article says the Brewers are lookign for “depth” at SS. Valbuena could provide that. Helps the Tribe ease up the logjam too. Could be a match and definitely fits the “minor trade” part.
Or if the Tribe decides to bring donald right back to Cleaveland (where he would have played had he not got hurt), they could look to move Adam Everett. Doubtful they do it this early, especially with how they’ve played….but never say never.
Valbuena isn’t such a bad suggestion here, particularly since it would appear that he doesn’t fit into Cleveland’s plans going forward. Presumably he wouldn’t be difficult (i.e. expensive) to obtain either.
That’s what I’m thinking. Tribe probably won’t just give him away, but his value obviously isn’t high.
I also think Valbuena’s game would play up a lil bit in the NL. But that could just be me.
Will you take Juan Rivera? I’m sure he can play short, and I bet the Jays will accept a bag of balls in return
it would be nice if we’d just move eric farris to SS. Apparently they just want a good 2b at AAA
Brandon Wood can play shortstop
Time for the Yankees to sell high on Ramiro Pena or Eduardo Nunez!
Would the Mets consider trading Jose Reyes, since they aren’t expected to contend, and they are trying to free up some money?