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Minor MLB Transactions: 12/21/18

By Jeff Todd | December 21, 2018 at 10:56pm CDT

Here are the day’s minor moves:

  • The Phillies have a host of new additions to the team’s list of MLB Spring Training participants. In addition to a few we’ve already featured here at MLBTR, the Philadelphia club has announced the signings of southpaw Jeremy Bleich, backstop Rob Brantly, righty Josh Martin, utilityman Matt McBride, and infielder Gregorio Petit. Every one of these players has seen MLB time except for Martin, who’ll be looking for his first crack at the bigs after compiling a seven-season minor-league stat line with the Indians organization that features a 3.33 ERA and 9.2 K/9 against 2.6 BB/9.
  • Likewise, the Padres have announced a haul of camp competitors. Allen Craig will come back for another go, as will Alex Dickerson. Otherwise, southpaws Ryan Bollinger and Dietrich Enns have inked with the San Diego org, along with righty Tyler Higgins. On the position-player side, infielders Seth Mejias-Brean and Aderlin Rodriguez are joined by outfielder Jacob Scavuzzo. It’s the opposite situation from the one just discussed above, as all of the new additions excepting Enns — who’s compiled two MLB appearances — have yet to crack the majors.
  • A handful of new free agents are heading to the Rangers, too, per a club announcement. Lefty Jack Leathersich has seen action in a pair of MLB campaigns, but won’t get a camp invite. Fellow southpaw Miguel Del Pozo, righties, Ariel Hernandez and Phillips Valdez, and infielder Nolan Fontana will open their tenure in Texas on the MLB side of Spring Training. Hernandez and Fontana each have minimal experience in the bigs. Valdez worked to a 2.73 ERA in 135 upper-minors innings with the Nationals organization last year, with 6.9 K/9 against 3.1 BB/9; Del Pozo has averaged ten strikeouts per nine in his minor-league career.
  • The Red Sox have added another hurler on a minor-league pact, this time picking up righty Ryan Weber, per Michael Mayer of Metsmerizedonline.com (via Twitter). Now 28 years of age, Weber has thrown 73 2/3 innings of 5.01 ERA ball over the past four years, though the vast majority of those came in 2015 and 2016. He was rather effective last year at Triple-A in a swingman capacity, spinning 115 1/3 innings of 2.73 ERA ball with 6.5 K/9 and 1.8 BB/9.
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  1. lowtalker1

    2 years ago

    Nice to see Allen Craig still hanging in there

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    • NotaGM

      2 years ago

      as a career he made 32mm ….Rus Castillo and him are starting their own team. Joe Kelly says hi

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      • davidcoonce74

        2 years ago

        Allen Craig got MVP votes two seasons in a row, 2012-13. But he never had any defensive value anywhere, because he couldn’t run or throw, and then he had a lisfranc injury that pretty much sealed his fate. It would seem that a team like San Diego is about the least likely destination in which he could possibly revive his career. But he also might be happy being a triple-A DH. He has made a lot of money in his career.

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        • lowtalker1

          2 years ago

          He has been in minors for sd for going on three years now

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    • Cardinals17

      2 years ago

      What a mystery with Allen Craig. How did he go from an All-Star caliber player one year to a complete flop ever since???

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    • bravesfan

      2 years ago

      Crazy to see… wasn’t that long ago he was the new up and coming star. What the heck happen to him.

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  2. joshua.barron1

    2 years ago

    PLEASE NO ALLEN CRAIG, NO!!!!!!!

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    • basebaIl1600

      2 years ago

      Padre fans will probably call him better than Jose Pirela

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      • Wolverines2

        2 years ago

        He who shall not be named! Yes, we will rejoice if Allen BLEEPING Craig takes Pirela’s place on the 40 man roster! Go away!!!

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        • basebaIl1600

          2 years ago

          Voldemort? Where?

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  3. DuffManCometh

    2 years ago

    If Ryan Weber has thrown 73 2/3 innings over the past four years how could he have thrown 115 1/3 innings last year?

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    • natsfan11

      2 years ago

      73 2/3 MLB innings and 115 1/3 MiLB innings

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      • johnsilver

        2 years ago

        Wouldn’t have worried about posting to explain my friend. That member took the time to post and complain about a non mistake rather than click on a link tells everyone enough..

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        • EndinStealth

          2 years ago

          And also wont even come back to check the response.

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  4. phenomenalajs

    2 years ago

    Why do they even mention Jack Leathersich if he’s not getting an invite from the Rangers? I remember he had a cup of coffee with the Mets.

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    • tim815

      2 years ago

      He signed.

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