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Minor MLB Transactions: 6/25/19

By Connor Byrne | June 25, 2019 at 8:05pm CDT

Keeping track of Tuesday’s minor moves from around baseball…

  • The Padres announced that right-handed reliever Kazuhisa Makita has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Double-A Amarillo. This is the second time the Padres have outrighted Makita, which gives him the right to elect free agency, but that would mean leaving what’s left of his $1.9MM salary on the table. The Padres inked the Japanese submariner to a two-year, $3.8MM contract entering 2018, but it hasn’t worked out for either side thus far. The 34-year-old Makita struggled in the majors last season and hasn’t pitched in the bigs at all in 2019. Makita has instead worked at the Double-A level, where he has put up a 3.82 ERA with 8.6 K/9 and 1.7 BB/9 in 37 2/3 innings.
  • The Marlins have released righty Ben Meyer, Wells Dusenbery of the Sun Sentinel tweets. To this point, Meyer has spent his whole career with the Marlins since they chose him in the 29th round of the 2015 draft. The 25-year-old’s nightmarish production in the majors in 2018 and with Triple-A New Orleans this season sealed his fate with the organization. In his MLB debut last year, Meyer registered a 10.42 ERA/6.42 FIP with 4.26 K/9 and 6.63 BB/9 over 19 innings. Meyer then notched a 7.43 ERA/6.90 FIP with 9.0 K/9 against 5.57 BB/9 in 63 Triple-A frames this season before Miami said goodbye to him.
  • The Rangers’ top affiliate in Nashville has released infielder Nolan Fontana, per the Pacific Coast League transactions page. Texas was the third AL West organization for the 28-year-old Fontana, a 2012 second-round pick of the Astros who also played for the Angels. Fontana racked up his only 35 major league PA with the Angels from 2017-18. He has hit .230/.350/.357 in 1,639 PA at the Triple-A level.
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  1. sascoach2003

    6 years ago

    Saw both Meyer and Fontana this weekend. Meyer was a victim of bad luck, poor fielding, and lacks an out pitch against left-handed hitters. Fontana hit homers in the games on Friday and Saturday, and made two really nice defensive plays in the field. Both will get a shot some where, but both are AAA depth pieces.

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  2. birdsfan415

    6 years ago

    Mike Dunn was released by the Rockies earlier in the week following his DFA. Thought that would be a minor move too.

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  3. lowtalker1

    6 years ago

    Kaz would be on plane back home to japan if he elected free agency. No one else wants to touch him.

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  4. ccs94515

    6 years ago

    Isn’t Makita’s contract guaranteed?

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