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Minor MLB Transactions: 1/4/19

By Mark Polishuk | January 4, 2019 at 7:47pm CDT

Rounding up some minor league moves from around baseball…

Latest Transactions

  • The Dodgers signed outfielder Cameron Perkins to a minor league deal with an invitation to their big league spring camp, J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group reports (Twitter link).  A sixth-round pick for the Phillies in 2012, Perkins made his big league debut in 2017, posting a .510 OPS over 97 plate appearances for Philadelphia.  The Mariners claimed him off waivers last winter and he spent last season in Seattle’s farm system.  Perkins has hit .278/.332/.418 over exactly 2800 minor league PA and played all three outfield positions, plus some time at both corner infield slots.

Earlier Today

  • The Cardinals have outrighted Ryan Meisinger to Triple-A after the right-hander cleared waivers, the team announced (Twitter link).  Meisinger will stay in the organization after being designated for assignment in December to make room on the Cards’ roster for Andrew Miller.  The 24-year-old Meisinger made his big league debut last season, posting a 6.43 ERA over 21 innings for the Orioles, and St. Louis claimed him off waivers from the O’s last month.
  • The Red Sox have signed right-hander Josh Smith and catcher Oscar Hernandez to minor league deals. the team announced.  Both players are among the list of names receiving invitations to Boston’s Major League Spring Training camp.  Smith tossed 127 1/3 innings for the Reds and Athletics from 2015-17 but didn’t appear in the majors last season, spending the year at the Triple-A affiliates of the Red Sox and Mariners.  Hernandez also spent 2018 with Boston’s Triple-A club in Pawtucket, though his season was marred by a 50-game suspension due to a second positive test for a drug of abuse.  Hernandez has a career .251/.329/.424 slash line over 1947 minor league plate appearances, and he appeared in 22 MLB games with the Diamondbacks in 2015-16.
  • The Pirates also announced some non-roster invitees to their big league Spring Training camp today, including the addition of right-hander Roberto Gomez on a minor league deal.  (John Dreker of PiratesProspects.com had the news on Gomez back in November.)  The 29-year-old Gomez has 14 2/3 career MLB innings to his name, all with the Giants over the last two seasons.  Over 550 career minor league frames, Gomez has a 3.68 ERA, 6.3 K/9, 2.16 K/BB rate, starting 92 of his 147 career games but seeing increasing usage as a reliever over the last two seasons.
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  1. ham77

    2 years ago

    First?

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    • Pitches Love Velocity

      2 years ago

      These type of comments aren’t getting rave reviews man.

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      • GareBear

        2 years ago

        Thank you for bringing that back

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  2. Guest617

    2 years ago

    waste of internet space.. carry on

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    • astick

      2 years ago

      Wrong.

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  3. dodgerskingsfan

    2 years ago

    something tells me friedman likes stockpiling depth… maybe to use them in a trade, perhaps????

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    • Blue_Painted_Dreams_LA

      2 years ago

      More so to fill a AAA team in need of OFs. OKC still has to play and there’s not really any justification the Dodgers can make to have Verdugo or Toles toiling in the minors.

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  4. thor would look better in red

    2 years ago

    can the cards release gman and the cil and sign a closer? is that too much to ask?

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    • hollidayfever

      2 years ago

      Would you rather sign another expensive FA reliever? Is it really worth doing for like 20 mill a year? That’s what Kimbrel wants, apparently. I’d much rather use that money for a Mikolas extension. Traditional bullpen roles are demonstrably a bad idea. That’s what infected Matheny’s brain with regard to bullpen deployment. We’ve got plenty of live arms to throw at the bullpen and we just signed Miller. Seems pretty counterintuitive to me to go that route.

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  5. deputysmith

    2 years ago

    Diamondbacks also signed Marksberry to a minor league deal

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