The latest minor moves from around baseball, all courtesy of Chris Hilburn-Trenkle of Baseball America:
- The Rockies recently signed first baseman Matt Adams to a minor-league deal. The slugging lefty has been assigned to Colorado’s alternate training site, per Kyle Newman of The Denver Post. Adams has played for the Cardinals, Nationals and Braves over the past nine seasons. He was a fairly significant part of Washington’s big league roster as recently as 2019, although he only picked up 51 plate appearances with Atlanta last year before being cut loose. The Rockies have tabbed C.J. Cron as their regular first baseman to start the year.
- The Cubs signed Andrew Romine to a minors contract. The veteran utilityman has played with the Angels, Tigers, Rangers and Mariners over a big league career that began in 2010. Romine was in camp with the Twins in Spring Training but opted out after Minnesota declined to add the 35-year-old to the MLB roster. Romine’s younger brother Austin Romine is a catcher on the Cubs’ major league team, although the backstop is currently on the 10-day injured list.
- The White Sox signed outfielder Zack Granite and right-hander Keyvius Sampson to minor-league deals. Granite is a speedy outfielder who picked up 107 MLB plate appearances with the 2017 Twins. He has since spent time in the Rangers’ and Yankees’ systems but hasn’t made it back to the big leagues. Sampson pitched in the majors with the Reds from 2015-16 and with the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization in 2018. He returned to the U.S. on a minors deal with the Giants in 2019 but didn’t get back to the majors.
It’d be cool to see the romine brothers on the same team. I’d assume BJ and Justin Upton were the last brothers on the same team.
Yes. With all that Romine they can make Cesar salad
Hahaha that’s a good one stgpd
Lettuce not laugh at the please.
Romine me not to.
Greatest tandem will always be Cal and Billy Ripken turning slick double-plays, in my humble opinion
Billy was an underrated defender.
But one of his baseball cards was very over rated.
White Sox add Granite and Sampson to strengthen their system.
Zach Granite has potential to be a solid 4 or 5 outfielder
The Reuschel Brothers pitched for the Cubs. Rick was a starter in the 70s I believe
Yes he was. His brother was Paul. They combined for a shutout.