Each season as the calendar flips to September, we see a flurry of transactions around Major League Baseball. Active roster sizes jump from 26 to 28 for the season’s final month, with teams permitted to bring up no more than one additional pitcher. We’ve already covered a host of transactions with 40-man roster implications throughout the day at MLBTR. Here’s a full round-up of teams’ initial September roster moves.
American League West
Houston Astros:
- Selected contract of RHP Hunter Brown
- Selected contract of C Yainer Diaz
- Corresponding moves: IF Niko Goodrum and RHP Peter Solomon designated for assignment
Los Angeles Angels:
- Selected contract of OF Ryan Aguilar
- Selected contract of RHP Zack Weiss
- Corresponding moves: OF Steven Duggar and INF Jose Rojas designated for assignment
Oakland Athletics
- Selected contract of LHP Ken Waldichuk from Triple-A Las vegas
- Recalled OF Cody Thomas from Triple-A Las Vegas
- Corresponding move: RHP David McKay designated for assignment
Seattle Mariners
- Reinstated LHP Matthew Boyd from 60-day injured list
- Recalled OF Taylor Trammell from Triple-A Tacoma
- Corresponding moves: None required
Texas Rangers
- Selected contract of RHP Jesus Tinoco from Triple-A Round Rock
- Recalled OF Nick Solak from Triple-A Round Rock
- Corresponding move: Transferred RHP Josh Sborz to 60-day injured list
American League Central
Chicago White Sox
- Recalled OF Adam Haseley from Triple-A Charlotte
- Recalled RHP Matt Foster from Triple-A Charlotte
- Corresponding move: None required
Cleveland Guardians
- Recalled SS Ernie Clement from Triple-A Columbus
- Reinstated RHP Cody Morris from 60-day injured list
- Corresponding move: Designated RHP Anthony Castro for assignment
Detroit Tigers
- Recalled 1B Spencer Torkelson from Triple-A Toledo
- Selected contract of INF Ryan Kreidler from Triple-A Toledo
- Corresponding move: Transferred RHP Rony Garcia to 60-day injured list
Kansas City Royals
- Selected contract of RHP Daniel Mengden from Triple-A Omaha
- Recalled OF Nate Eaton from Triple-A Omaha
- Corresponding move: None required
Minnesota Twins
- Added LHP Austin Davis (previously claimed off waivers from Red Sox) to active roster
- Selected contract of OF Billy Hamilton from Triple-A St. Paul
- Corresponding move: Transferred OF Trevor Larnach to 60-day injured list
American League East
Baltimore Orioles
- Selected contract of 1B Jesus Aguilar from Triple-A Norfolk
- Recalled LHP DL Hall from Triple-A Norfolk
- Corresponding move: Designated INF Richie Martin for assignment
Boston Red Sox
- Recalled C Connor Wong from Triple-A Worcester
- Selected contract of RHP Eduard Bazardo
- Corresponding moves: None required
New York Yankees
- Recalled SS Oswald Peraza from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
- Activated INF Marwin Gonzalez from paternity list
- Corresponding moves: None required
Tampa Bay Rays
- Reinstated RHP Matt Wisler from the 15-day injured list
- Recalled INF Jonathan Aranda from Triple-A Durham
- Corresponding moves: None required
Toronto Blue Jays
- Recalled RHP Casey Lawrence from Triple-A Buffalo
- Added OF Bradley Zimmer (claimed off waivers from Phillies this week) to active roster
- Corresponding moves: None required
National League West
Arizona Diamondbacks
- Selected contract of IF Wilmer Difo from Triple-A Reno
- Reinstated RHP Keynan Middleton and LHP Kyle Nelson from 15-day injured list
- Corresponding move: Designated RHP Noe Ramirez for assignment
Colorado Rockies
- Recalled INF Alan Trejo from Triple-A Albuquerque
- Recalled RHP Chad Smith from Triple-A Albuquerque
- Corresponding moves: None required
Los Angeles Dodgers
- Reinstated LHP Clayton Kershaw from 15-day injured list
- Recalled 3B Miguel Vargas from Triple-A Oklahoma City
- Corresponding moves: None required
San Diego Padres
- Recalled INF Matt Beaty from Triple-A El Paso
- Recalled RHP Reiss Knehr from Triple-A El Paso
- Corresponding moves: None required
San Francisco Giants
- Selected contract of recently-acquired OF Lewis Brinson
- Recalled IF David Villar from Triple-A Sacramento
- Corresponding move: Outrighted LHP Jonathan Bermudez to Triple-A Sacramento
National League Central
Chicago Cubs
- Selected contract of RHP Jeremiah Estrada from Triple-A Iowa
- Recalled INF David Bote from Triple-A Iowa
- Corresponding move: Transferred Wade Miley from 15-day injured list to 60-day injured list
Cincinnati Reds
- Selected contract of 2B/3B Spencer Steer
- Selected contract of RHP Fernando Cruz
- Corresponding moves: Transferred INF Mike Moustakas and RHP Jeff Hoffman from 10-day injured list to 60-day injured list
Milwaukee Brewers
- Recalled RHP Luis Perdomo from Triple-A Nashville
- Recalled OF Esteury Ruiz from Triple-A Nashville
- Corresponding moves: None required
Pittsburgh Pirates
- Recalled RHP Johan Oviedo from Triple-A Indianapolis
- Recalled OF Calvin Mitchell from Triple-A Indianapolis
- Corresponding moves: None required
St. Louis Cardinals
- Selected contract of OF Ben DeLuzio from Triple-A Memphis
- Recalled RHP James Naile from Triple-A Memphis
- Corresponding moves: None required
National League East
Atlanta Braves
- Reinstated IF Orlando Arcia from 10-day injured list
- Added recently-claimed RHP Jesse Chavez to active roster
- Corresponding moves: None required
Miami Marlins*
- To recall OF Bryan De La Cruz
- To recall RHP Jeff Brigham
- Corresponding moves: None required
New York Mets
- Selected contract of INF Deven Marrero from Triple-A Syracuse
- Recalled RHP Adonis Medina from Triple-A Syracuse
- Corresponding move: Designated RHP Connor Grey for assignment
Philadelphia Phillies
- Selected contract of RHP Vinny Nittoli from Triple-A Lehigh Valley
- Recalled C Donny Sands from Triple-A Lehigh Valley
- Corresponding moves: None required
Washington Nationals
- Recalled C Tres Barrera from Triple-A Rochester
- Recalled RHP Mason Thompson from Triple-A Rochester
- Corresponding moves: None required
*Marlins moves reported by Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald (Twitter link)
Imagine being an Angels fan. That team is horrible at finding waiver talent and developing prospects. Meanwhile, Harrison is tearing up AA in his 2nd year and we found Lewis Brinson for free. Feels good to be a giants fan and the Angels are still looking up at the stros. lol
I think SFG had edge on the claim over Angels, and Brinson has yet to prove anything other than speculative and prone to K
Flexing over Lewis Brinson seems odd, unless you’re living in 2018.
Right? Lewis Brinson career negative OWar AND negative DWar. And that’s over 300 mlb games and 1000 mlb AB’s.
They’ve certainly lowered their standards in SF.
On a super positive note, we do have the best color commentator in the game..Mark Gubicza (GUBIE)!!
Richard Eugene Manning would like a word
Hmm…Maybe they can fight for the title or something. Gubie used to be pretty mean on the mound so I don’t know..
So would Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling and Keith’s originally from SF.
The farm system is ranked middle bottom after a down year which has seen Heliot Ramos and Hunter Bishop regress.
But hey, it’s not last like the Angels.
Brinson is a quad A player.
LOL at bragging about having Lewis Brinson.
Oswald Peraza should of been up a month ago. When he wasn’t traded in a Luis Castillo package, he should of been called up, right away. The Yankees need hitting and great defense. No reason why he couldn’t be leading off against lefties and batting 9th against righties. (Yankees kid gloves) Smh
What is wrong with Milwaukee they have Sal Frelick tearing it up at every level and doing even better in AAA yet they rather have a .375 hitter stay there.
I really need the brewers to get their act together and over take the Padres for the final wild card spot.
Sal Frelick could be that slight adjustment to fix the Brewers offense. It still mystifies me how they allowed Lorenzo Cain to be the starting CF for so long at the detriment of the Brewers season.
Same reason they’ve allowed so many guys to hover around the .220-.230 avg and/or strike out 35-50% of the time…it’s HR or bust, and specifically in Cain’s case, they were paying him a lot of money..and it would appear they had every intention of getting him his 10 years of service time.
The brewers bought up 2 highly touted prospects Mitchell recently and now Ruiz who were deserving. As far as Frelick yes, he’s having a good year but right now it’s not his time. Don’t be surprised if the brewers trade 2 highly touted OF prospects for a seasoned CF
Yea this I don’t get. I don’t know much about Milwaukee but the guy is 22, playing very well for a while at AAA… what exactly are they waiting for?
How is it that every time that more than one player in baseball history exists with the same name, you manage to link to the wrong one every single time, no matter how obscure the wrong player is? Just look at the first name listed – Hunter Brown.
It’s an automatic link they have when they write the article that goes to BBRef. I’m not sure they’re the ones who control it inherently.
I still consider it a luxury when it does work, I love checking players stats.
At a time when Catchers hard to find and in demand, the Phillies got yet another one?
They’ve got the best all-around Catcher in MLB, and very possibly the best back-up Catcher. It appears Mr. Sands can hit, would like to see him work a game.
I hope it means Stubbs can ph or play left or 2b if needed and we still have a back up catcher.
Plus all our outfielders on the 40 man roster are in mlb or hurt or named jhailyn Ortiz.
We had to scrape to find Zimmer and blue jays grabbed him when we dfa him
None of the utility infielders in aaa are hitting much. And they don’t play outfield as well as Stubbs nor Maton.
I thought they would bring Hall back, but probably just not enough AB’s for another DH type guy.
Harper will be DH every game because of his elbow.
Hall’s gotten one total hit at LHV since his demotion. Sands has hit better all season TBH.
Rafael Marchan is the team’s #4 C at the moment and he’s probably betyer than what most of the league has for backups. LOADED.
When did Jesus Aguilar get traded from Miami?
He wasn’t traded; he was released.
And the BlueJays add Casey Lawrence and Bradley Zimmer. Combined with the Whit Merifield and Mitch White pickups at the deadline, they are on track for their first World Series. lol.
Anyone believe that it is time for all baseball personnel decision making be removed from Atkins and Shapiro?
Zimmer makes no sense. They replaced him already with Jackie. Lawrence is fin he has options. They probably need a long man and he will be sent down and replaced with someone else. Zimmer is mind boggling to me. Like we need 6 outfielders plus half the infield plays out there to.
“Anyone believe that it is time for all baseball personnel decision making be removed from Atkins and Shapiro?”
jimmertee;
Don;t believe Mr. Atkins made major baseball decisions in Cleveland, but his last 2 or so years there Mr. Shapiro was removed from making baseball decisions and oversaw a number of business operations – I believe they were refurbishing the park, which is fact was a major consideration to ownership. That experience likely helped Mr. Shapiro get the President & CEO position with the Blue Jays.
I’m not sure what it will take for Mark Vientos to get called up by the Mets. He’s already on the 40 man and has an .893 OPS after putting up a .933 OPS last year in the minors. Plus he’s slashing .343/.400/.575/.975 over the last month.
Probably just a bad fit or bad timing. Maybe it’s because Marrero is more flexible defensively, so when Guillorme comes back next week, Marrero might be headed back down. Or maybe they just want Vientos playing every day, which he wouldn’t do in the bigs.
Hes a much better hitter than Ruf. Ruf should be Da’d, hes finished
I agree. Anything Ruf can do Vientos can most likely do much better.
Marrero’s temporary to bridge the gap between Baty’s injury and Guillorme’s return. The 28-man limit for September makes it difficult to add September call-ups. I understand opening it up to the entire 40-man could get unwieldy, especially in the era of COVID, but at least 30 would be reasonable. Vientos would get his shot and Dom could get one more chance to be with the team. I know Vogey’s dealing with a bad hamstring but they decided not to put him on the IL. Dom would’ve returned in that case.
Thanks for the list Steve!
#DarkSide830; yep, me too. I can get so caught up in the on goings of a few teams that I can lose perspective on what the other teams r up too. Thanks Steve and Anthony!
This little kid who called the Mets game is already ten times better than Joe Buck.
Joe Buck is a football commentator that’s why
No, it’s because Joe Buck is terrible, that’s why.
Many MLB broadcasters are……but unfortunately, not enough.
Marwin Gonzalez and his 2017 slash line compared to the rest of his career lmao
Been hanging with Tatis?
AJ hinch and Jim Cora (trash canagers)
Who is Jim Cora?
And the worst team in the National League refuses to DFA the worst hitting and fielding utility player Josh Van Meter
He can’t hit, field or throw yet he remains on a team that is in dire need of everything that he can’t contribute to
Yeah, why does that tanking team keep playing bad players?
Because the owner, Bob Nutting cares more about his personal profit than putting a competitive team on the field
I guess that “worst” adjective is subjective because they don’t have the worst record in the NL, but he could be part of the plan to get there.
Correction
The worst hitting team in the NL
.220 batting average and Van Meter’s .170 average certainly doesn’t help
It would have been a bit of a stretch, but would have liked to see Colas get a Sept call up for the White Sox. Same with Yolbert Sanchez and Cespedes.. I guess there really just no room right now for them as the Sox still have a shot at the division.
Hunter Brown. Word is that Jed was asking for him in return for Contreras. Instead the Stros traded for Vasquez w/o parting with such a high-end piece. That would have been a great return for a 3 month rental.
I would love to know what kind of incriminating evidence Bradley Zimmer has to use as blackmail in order to have a job in professional baseball.
As a Mariners fan, it’s nice for once that our initial September call ups, Taylor Trammell and Matthew Boyd, are kinda Ho-hum. Usually, we’re looking for a September Savior to coin a phrase. This year, a couple bench pieces are good enough.
Congrats to Deven Marrero being back up. Enjoy the life!
Marlins bring up jeff Brigham? Really? Is that because he’s our next Closer or will his 30-your old upside project to something ireplacable?
Maybe the worst trade ever, Christian Yellich to the Brewers for who
Whomever. At least they don’t have to pay Yelich. Nowhere near the worst trade ever.
Sadly, not even Mike Hill’s worst trade ever.
See Miggy Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis (a season removed from Willis’ best season). Then the mishandling of a certain reliever afterward.
Why haven’t the Cardinals given Alec Burleson a look this season? Looks like he’s been tearing it up at AAA all season.
Can you change the cover picture, this guy is but ugly
No mason martin callup for the pirates is a little aggravating to me.but i guess they don’t want him getting ROTY and save that service time lol.
Seriously though. while his power hasn’t been what we are used to, he doesn’t seem to be selling out for power getting on much more since the start of august .
Hopefully we see him at least a few games this year.