The Brewers have outrighted utilityman Pablo Reyes to Triple-A, according to Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Twitter link). Milwaukee also re-signed infielder Andruw Monasterio to a minor league contract that contains an invitation to the Major League Spring Training camp.
Since Reyes was previously outrighted (as a member of the Pirates organization in 2020), he has the right to reject the Brewers’ assignment and become a free agent. If he opts to remain, Reyes would be heading into his season in Milwaukee, after first signing a minors contract with the Brew Crew in the 2020-21 offseason. He appeared in 53 big league games with Milwaukee in 2021, but made only five MLB appearances in 2022.
Reyes has mostly been used as a bench player and late game defensive fill-in, owing to his versatility — he has played every position except first base and catcher over his 147 career Major League games with the Pirates and Brewers. Reyes has a .238/.307/.361 slash line over 323 plate appearances, as a nice initial burst at the plate during his 63-PA rookie season has failed to continue beyond the 2018 campaign.
The 25-year-old Monasterio has hit .264/.344/.355 over 2582 career PA in the minors, breaking in as a 17-year-old with the Cubs in 2014. 2022 was his first season in Milwaukee’s farm system, and he hit .271/.364/.406 over 437 combined PA at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. The infielder has been involved in two prominent trades during his career, going from the Cubs to the Nationals as part of the Daniel Murphy swap in August 2018, and then going from Washington to Cleveland a few months later as part of the Yan Gomes trade package.
Well it looks like Arnold is hitting the ground running. Like what they are doing so far. While I get they will need some organizational depth like Reyes Monst. let’s not keep them in the way of guys that should get their chance too. To move up and help the team.
I still remember 2018 when Pittsburgh thought Reyes was their next Josh Harrison. And then 2019 when they realized that he wasn’t.
I’m just here to say screw John Fisher and Billy Beane for making my A’s a T-Ball team
Must be rough getting send to triple a when the season ended two months ago
Not really, it’s a paper move at this point in the year. He can refuse the assignment and become a free agent if he so chooses.
If I’m not mistaken he was in AAA when the season ended, so he should be satisfied he still is, and has a job for next year, if he chooses to accept it.