Sunday’s minor transactions from around baseball:
- The Orioles have outrighted right-hander David Hale off their 40-man roster and assigned him to Triple-A Norfolk, the team announced. The Orioles claimed Hale off waivers from the Rockies in April, but he didn’t throw a pitch for Baltimore prior to the club outrighting him. The 28-year-old swingman has a 4.48 ERA, 6.04 K/9, 3.12 BB/9 and 52 percent ground-ball rate in 178 2/3 career major league innings.
- The Brewers have traded minor league righty Jaye Chapman to the Rays for cash, per an official announcement. The Rays will be the fourth organization for the 29-year-old Chapman, who has also spent time at various minor league levels with the Braves and Cubs. Since Atlanta selected Chapman in the 16th round of the 2005 draft, the reliever has logged a 3.94 ERA, 9.5 K/9 and 4.1 BB/9 in 486 2/3 minor league innings. Chapman’s only major league experience came in 2012 as a member of the Cubs, with whom he threw 12 frames.
The NPB league team, Yokohama DeNA Baystars (of the Central league), have announced yesterday that they will be signing right-handed pitcher (reliever), Mike Broadway, 29 years of age, of the San Francisco Giants on a deal… Mike Broadway is slated to arrive in Japan next week to meet with the teams’ officials… The DeNA Baystars will be using Broadway primarily, also, as a reliever this season for the team, per the report. (Source: link to sanspo.com.)
New nickname? “Ginza Mike” Broadway
“RAYS ACQUIRE CHAPMAN” would have been too tempting a headline for me not to use–just to see the comments. Thanks for your restraint, Connor.
Ha, that would’ve been fun.
“Rays acquire player for cash” is almost as shocking.
I like “Rays Swap Cash for Chapman”
Everyone would lose their shit before realizing it was a different chapman.
Each one better than the last!!
Hale never pitched for Baltimore
OFIC is correct that Hale NEVER pitched for the ORIOLES? Why can’t I have CAPS for my username. FREDTERP