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Minor Moves: Burton, Blanton, Boscan, Mitchell

By charliewilmoth | May 16, 2015 at 2:59pm CDT

Here are today’s minor moves from around the league, with the most recent at the top.

  • the Yankees have released righty Jared Burton, MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch tweets. Burton, formerly a regular in the Reds and Twins bullpens, has made a handful of appearances for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this season. The Yankees originally signed Burton to a minor-league deal with a series of opt-out dates, and they already released and re-signed him in March, so perhaps it’s not out of the question that they could re-sign him yet again.
  • The Royals have announced that they’ve selected the contract of veteran righty Joe Blanton. Blanton had an opt-out opportunity yesterday on his minor-league deal. He had been pitching for Triple-A Omaha, where he posted a 3.89 ERA, 6.9 K/9 and 2.3 BB/9 in 39 1/3 innings. The longtime Athletics and Phillies starter last appeared in the big leagues in 2013, when he posted a 6.04 ERA in 132 2/3 innings with the Angels. Blanton will work in long relief, as MLB.com’s Jeffrey Flanagan tweets. The Royals also announced that they optioned righty Aaron Brooks to Omaha and placed lefty Brian Flynn on the 60-day disabled list.
  • The Pirates have selected the contract of righty Wilfredo Boscan, Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette tweets. They also optioned utilityman Steve Lombardozzi to Triple-A Indianapolis and moved righty Brandon Cumpton to the 60-day disabled list. Boscan will, presumably, help the Pirates’ bullpen after yesterday’s 11-10 extra-inning loss, which required the Bucs to throw 261 pitches. The 25-year-old Boscan has a 2.87 ERA, 5.7 K/9 and 3.2 BB/9 in 31 1/3 innings at Triple-A Indianapolis this season. He has never pitched in the Majors.
  • The Angels have signed outfield Jared Mitchell and assigned him to the Double-A Arkansas Travelers, the Travelers have announced. The White Sox released Mitchell, a 2009 first-round pick, earlier this month. The 26-year-old has hit .226/.334/.381 in parts of six seasons in the minor leagues.
  • The Phillies have acquired infielder Jayson Nix from the Orioles for cash considerations, the teams have announced. Nix will head to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. The 32-year-old was hitting .167/.190/.198 in 100 plate appearances for Triple-A Norfolk, and he struggled in brief stints in the big leagues last year with the Phillies, Pirates and Royals. In parts of seven seasons in the Majors, he’s hit .212/.282/.345. The move gives the Phillies infield depth after the recent promotion of Maikel Franco and their decision to have Cody Asche transition to playing outfield.
  • The Rays have signed former Pirates pitching prospect Kyle McPherson, Steve Kinsella of DRaysBay tweets. McPherson pitched 26 1/3 strong innings with the Bucs in 2012 after posting a 3.22 ERA, 8.5 K/9 and an extremely stingy 1.2 BB/9 in 67 innings in the high minors that year, but he had Tommy John surgery in 2013 and another elbow injury last season. He became a minor-league free agent last fall.
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  1. gorav114

    10 years ago

    The Jayson Nix deal is just a small move to establish communication and set up the trade for Hamels.

    Reply
    • connfyoozed .

      10 years ago

      Nice”glass half full” observation. 😉

      Reply
  2. Cereal_22

    10 years ago

    Amaro clearly is on top of things

    Reply
    • Brixton G.

      10 years ago

      Amaro hasn’t made 1 bad move in almost 3 years now. Hes started the rebuild, got some young pieces, promoted our top ready prospect and added depth and guys he can flip later. Hes doing a fine job on the rebuild so far.

      Reply
  3. dylanp5030

    10 years ago

    I still don’t understand why people bash GMs for minor league depth signings. I don’t get it.

    Reply
    • Cereal_22

      10 years ago

      I’m bashing Amaro for being terrible, this deal is fine I guess

      Reply
    • Luis

      10 years ago

      If Nix is on the roster that means he has chance of been called up. Hes just terrible. They could of found someone else.

      Reply
  4. connfyoozed .

    10 years ago

    Good luck to McPherson. He was definitely a prospect before the injuries. If Boscan gets a chance a does something with it, he could hang around and replace either Liz or Scahill on the roster.

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