Baseball America’s Matt Eddy runs down the week’s minor moves. Among those that haven’t yet appeared here at MLBTR:
- Minor league infielder Ryan Dent has been released by the Cubs. Now 27, Dent was taken 62nd overall in the 2007 draft by the Red Sox. He’s never managed to show a consistent bat in the minors, but caught on with a Chicago organization that’s now run by former Boston GM Theo Epstein. Dent was unable to effect a turnaround, however, and now finds himself looking for a new opportunity.
- The Giants released southpaw Mike Kickham, per Eddy. Kickham, 27, made three starts and 11 relief appearances with San Francisco between 2013 and 2014, though he was hit hard in the big leagues. He’s bounced around since and has not recovered the promise that he showed at times in the minors. This year, Kickham had thrown 10 2/3 innings at Double-A, allowing eight earned runs on twenty hits and four walks to go with just seven strikeouts.
Just a rumor rundown coming from one of JP media outlets… saying that the NPB Hanshin Tigers are looking into Al Albuquerque, Edward Mujica, Pedro Beato and Miguel Socolovich, they’ll narrow out/down their options this June and may sign one or two of the 4 said names soon (link to fan-interference.com).
Kickham was reported yesterday by Polishuk.
Dave Dombrowski should have a hotline to Theo’s office to advise Theo on the next Red Sox player expected to be released or designated for assignment.