We’ll track the day’s minor moves in this post …
- The Pirates announced that outfielder JB Shuck cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Triple-A Indianapolis. He’d been designated for assignment over the weekend. Shuck, 32 next month, cracked Pittsburgh’s Opening Day roster due to a series of injuries elsewhere in the lineup but was cut loose once the Bucco outfield mix largely returned to health. He hit .213/.339/.255 in 57 plate appearances and will remain on-hand as a depth option with some MLB experience. In parts of seven MLB seasons, Shuck is a .243/.296/.314 hitter through 1289 PAs.
- Right-hander Jay Jackson, whom the Brewers designated for assignment this weekend, cleared outright waivers and will head to Triple-A San Antonio, per an announcement from the Brewers. The 31-year-old was tagged for five runs in 2 1/3 innings in what proved a brief return to the big leagues following a successful three-year stint in Japan (2.13 ERA, 202-to-70 K/BB ratio in 182 innings). It was a short look at the MLB level, but the Brewers have been mixing and matching in the bullpen all season as they try to piece together a pitching staff that has been shuffled by injuries and ineffective performances from expected contributors. Given Jackson’s recent success in NPB, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him back in the Milwaukee bullpen later this year if he gets on a roll in San Antonio.
Earlier Moves
- The White Sox have added infielder Ivan De Jesus Jr. on a minor-league deal, per an announcement from the Long Island Ducks. De Jesus had opened the season with the indy ball outfit but will now slide back to the affiliated ranks. The 32-year-old is a .242/.303/.327 hitter in 545 plate appearances over parts of four seasons. He’s mostly a middle infielder by trade but has seen action in the corner infield and outfield as well over the years. De Jesus will report to the Sox’ top affiliate.
reclamation factory
I remember when the Pirates has him for a year in AAA and I didn’t understand why he never got a shot to improve Pittsburgh’s woeful bench, and he then had a good year with the Reds after that before tailing off. He’s good depth but it’s always seemed that he does a lot of things fairly well, but nothing well enough to keep a job for long.
For anyone who remembers his dad, Junior had a stronger bat , at least when he was younger, but Senior had a better glove and much better speed.
I remember he had upside when he was young but then suffered a major injury and was never that same.
Well the Sox figure since they totally screwed up by trading away Fernando Tatis Jr they can recoup their loss by signing the equally stud worthy Ivan DeJesus Jr. oh wait…
Tatis Jr., at the time of the trade, was on virtually no one’s radar. Hindsight is 20/20. Crazy to think that the throw away piece will be the best player in that trade by far
COULD be the best player by far. No one knows what is going to happen in the future.
Stop
Tatis was on every teams radars when he signed from the international market, only months before the trade.
In fact on the day he signed, the White Sox also gave out a near team record signing bonus to Franklin Reyes, but Tatis still got sole billing in many of the major headlines
“White Sox add Fernando Tatis Jr., three other international players”
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@darkstar61
Quit trying to spin it like the Padres knew exactly what they were getting in Tatis. Even if Tatis was on every team’s radar, no one could’ve possibly guessed at the time of the trade he would’ve even come close to being the prospect he turned into. If Hahn even had an inkling of what Tatis would become after the trade, he would’ve thrown a different teenage prospect in his place without hesitation.
This is why you have to be careful when throwing an unknown prospect into a deal. You could live with the fallout of this trade if it were someone like Verlander or Kershaw the Sox were getting in return, but to get a washed-up pitcher like Shields, it’s that much more painful. Very expensive lesson learned–for all teams, not just the Sox. I guarantee you, teams will be very careful what prospects are throw-ins in a future deal.
And again the Sox are garbage picking players from curbs of other MLB teams. So typical Reinsdorf
Hot take…
Every team does this. They have roster spots to fill for 5 organizations, not including rookie ball. This transaction literally doesnt matter.
@mjc71
Will you please stop with these stupid posts every time the Sox pick up some meaningless player who will never put on a Sox uniform? These scrubs are minor league depth, period. This article didn’t even need to be written, this transaction is so meaningless. So ease up there, bud, pretty safe bet the Sox won’t be replacing TA or Moncada with DeJesus this year (or ever, for that matter).
Ivan De Jesus Jr. is another depth piece for the White Sox at their AAA Charlotte affiliate joining veteran infielder SS Alcides Escobar and 2B Ryan Goins. If any of the organization’s younger infield prospects at AA Birmingham were performing better they would have earned a promotion and the De Jesus Jr. signing likely never happens. Only 2B Nick Madrigal has performed well thus far and he should be seeing a promotion from A+ Winston-Salem to AA shortly.
He is a guy who is a very solid player. In all honesty he just isnt flashy enough for front offices
I guess that’s it’s nice that Shuck is sticking around just in case, but I sincerely hope that the Bucs don’t need him again.