A round-up of some smaller moves with the trade deadline in the rearview mirror:
- The Mariners announced they’ve transferred left-hander Nestor Cortes to the 45-day injured list with a left elbow impingement. He’d been placed on the 10-day IL August 15. The former Yankee long reliever was bombed in his five appearances for Seattle this season, surrendering 14 runs (13 earned) on six home runs with eight strikeouts and six walks in 7.2 innings. The move clears a space on Seattle’s 40-man roster.
- The Angels announced they’ve selected the contract of catcher José Briceño. The 27-year-old saw action in 46 games for Los Angeles back in 2018, hitting .239/.299/.385 in 128 plate appearances. Briceño will step into the #2 catching role behind Anthony Bemboom. The Angels traded starting backstop Jason Castro to the Padres yesterday.
- The Brewers have selected the contract of right-hander Justin Topa, the team announced. The 29-year-old will be making his MLB debut whenever he first gets into a game. Milwaukee signed Topa out of independent ball after the 2018 season, and he went on to put up a 2.63 ERA in 24 innings in Double-A in 2019. He’ll step into the bullpen void left by today’s trade of David Phelps to the Phillies.
- The Red Sox announced they have selected the contracts of three players: infielder Yairo Muñoz, left-hander Mike Kickham and right-hander Robinson Leyer. Muñoz, 25, signed with Boston on a minor-league deal after a bizarre end to his time with the Cardinals. Kickham, 31, hasn’t pitched in the majors since tossing 30.1 innings with the 2013-14 Giants. Leyer, 27, has yet to make his major league debut. He has a 4.01 ERA in parts of five Double-A seasons.
nice to see Munoz get another chance
Interesting regarding the players picked up. Chaim has a plan.
Nice to see him get another chance. Munoz pissed away a chance at being in the majors the whole season. he’d of been playing for the cardinals if he’d of stayed rather then be a baby about being a utility player. But he’s just now getting called up from the minors.
The only reason Munoz did not make the Red Sox out of camp was Lin was out of options and Arauz is a Rule 5 and needed to stay on the 25 man (or IL) the entire season (60 games). I can definitely see Muñoz resign as he is a FA at season’s end
Many fans complained about all the waiver claims and short term FAs Bloom acquired, but flipping Pillar, Osich, and even trading Workman and Hembree was like low cost currency to acquire solid players with as much as 7 years of team control. Watching other teams do this for years, I always wondered why the Red Sox did not sign more one or two year deals during the off season rather than giving away prospects for players that were available 4 months earlier when at the trading deadline . Most fans do not understand Bloom’s plan to rebuild the farm system or how the farm system really works. They just use the worn out words of being cheap or bad owners. No other owners have 4 WS in the last 16 years. In fact over 20 franchises do not have 4 WS titles in their entire franchise history and six do not have a single one. Test your knowledge of MLB. Can you name the 6 with no titles….
….and stop complaining and enjoy watching the next chop of young player win the next WS
Totally agree with you