The latest minor moves from around baseball:
- Outfielder Ryan Kalish has retired, Peter Gammons tweets. Kalish, who played the final game of his career on Friday with New Britain of the independent Atlantic League, is stepping away because of knee issues, per Gammons. Now 30, Kalish was once a promising prospect with the Red Sox, who grabbed him in the ninth round of the 2006 draft. Injuries were problematic throughout Kalish’s career, though, which helps to explain why he only amassed 422 major league plate appearances with the BoSox and Cubs between 2010-16. Kalish was a .245/.297/.349 hitter with four homers and 16 stolen bases in the majors.
- The Indians have acquired utility player Jon Berti from the Blue Jays for cash considerations, according to announcements from both teams. Berti will join Triple-A Columbus with Cleveland, which will be his second organization since Toronto chose him in the 18th round of the 2011 draft. The 28-year-old Berti ascended to Triple-A in 2015 and has since hit .212/.282/.314 in 433 PAs at the minors’ highest level.
- The Rays outrighted outfielder Brandon Snyder to Triple-A Durham after he cleared waivers, the team announced. Snyder, whom the Rays designated Friday, could decline the assignment because he has been outrighted in the past. He totaled six PAs with the Rays before they cut him from their 40-man roster, giving him 211 since he debuted with Baltimore in 2011. Snyder has batted .240/.276/.455 with nine long balls in the bigs.
I was always a Kalish fan, he was a gamerfor sure. Too bad he was always hurt.
Talent was there with Kalish. Remember 1 serious injury involved fusing several vertebrae near his neck together and him missing either a full season, or most of 1 and then the next. Then there were always the various hamstring injuries he seemed to get and the knee ones that were serious.
He was bitten hard by the injury bug, tho the 1st 3 full seasons of MiLB ball should give an idea of how much talent he really had, after that the serious injuries had started taking effect some.
At least Kalish had bad knees. What’s what loser Lars Anderson use for an excuse?
Dude, if you can’t be civil go bug ESPN. Lars went a lot farther than you’ll ever go.
As has every guy who ever signed a professional contract. Your point? Oh that’s right, that’s all you had. Nothing.
Yeah… but the Lars Anderson in Australia series over on fangraphs this offseason was pretty amusing though. (If you’re into stuff like the “inner monologues of Tim Dillard” at least.)
We met Dillard in spring training. That guy is awesome.
FREE SNYDER! Man has power needs a chance!
Shapiro must have needed lunch money?
Or room to move up Bo Bichette