The Brewers announced that they’ve signed veteran infielder Andres Blanco to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. He’s represented by GSE Worldwide.
Blanco will turn 36 in April and hasn’t appeared in the Majors since 2017, but he’s had a pair of productive Triple-A campaigns in 2018 and 2019 — the former actually coming with the Brewers organization. Blanco hit .271/.362/.435 (111 wRC+) in 357 plate appearances with Triple-A Colorado Springs that season. Last year, with the Braves’ Triple-A affiliate, he put together a nearly identical .262/.364/.443 slash (109 wRC+) in a larger sample of 530 plate appearances.
The veteran Blanco has played in parts of 10 MLB seasons, logging time at each infield position and batting a combined .256/.310/.378 in 1321 trips to the plate. His signing comes just days after the Brewers found out projected shortstop Luis Urias will need six to eight weeks to recover from surgery to repair a broken hamate bone — an injury he sustained while playing in the Mexican Pacific Winter League. Blanco will head to Spring Training and vie to join a currently fluid infield mix that includes Eric Sogard, Jedd Gyorko, Orlando Arcia, Ryon Healy and Justin Smoak, among others.
He’s almost 36, and he just keeps on going. Nice.
How is he only 36?
Dang this guys changed organizations like ten times without one trade.
Klentak cant not be forgiven for having let him sign somewhere else the first time.
I remember watching him when he came up with the royals. He made some of the most incredible plays defensively. Good for him, even if he is only there to keep the spot warm.
Another slug for the Brewers
It’s a minor league contract.
I’m always this guy in Mortal Kombat.
*Street Fighter
And i thought he was GIJoe character
Solid depth signing in lieu of the Urias injury. Should at least provide some veteran minor league depth if he doesn’t make the roster out of camp.
They have Arica as the main one.
Another awesome Brewers signing