TODAY: Robinson cleared waivers and was outrighted to Double-A.
JUNE 14: The Brewers have designated right-hander Cam Robinson for assignment, tweets Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to outfielder Raimel Tapia, whose previously reported Major League deal with Milwaukee is now official. Infielder Abraham Toro was optioned to Triple-A Nashville to open a spot on the active roster.
Robinson, 23, was selected to the Brewers’ 40-man roster over the winter after pitching to a 2.49 ERA with a strong 31.6% strikeout rate in 65 innings across High-A, Double-A and Triple-A in 2022. Command has been an issue for the former 23-round pick throughout his pro career, however, evidenced by last year’s 11.2% walk rate and this year’s alarming 18.5% walk rate between Double-A and Triple-A.
As one would expect for a pitcher issuing free passes at such a high clip, the 2023 season has been a struggle for Robinson. In 20 total innings (12 in Double-A, eight in Triple-A), he’s been rocked for an 8.55 ERA. He’s still missing bats and has had some degree of misfortune on balls in play with a BABIP north of .470, but the command issues are tough to overlook — particularly since they’re not unique to the 2023 season. In parts of six professional seasons, Robinson has walked 13.7% of the opponents he’s faced.
Baseball America recently ranked Robinson as the No. 19 prospect in a thin Brewers system, noting that he sits 92-95 mph with a fastball that can touch 97 mph and calling him a potential middle reliever. Robinson will now be available to all 29 other clubs, either via a minor trade or waiver claim. The Brewers will have a week to trade him or attempt to pass him through outright waivers.
looks like wrong Cam Robinson tagged
nevermind has been updated.
nevermind has been updated
Think this will end up being a mistake for Milwaukee to DFA Robinson
Not likely another team is going to claim him with that walk rate. But isn’t it sad that’s our #19 prospect? Yikes. Too bad the central is so weak or it may be a good time to hit the reset button, do a fire sale on anyone who could bring in some talent. This team is all out of sorts.
??? Go to literally any team and their pre-season 19th ranked prospect could either fall off their roster completely or shoot up the rankings.
That he was rated 19th means absolutely NOTHING other than he was an extremely talented reliever who didn’t have the frame to start games.
Wood, Eru, Di Turi, Ereu and about 20 other LA signings with different levels of production/talent, including 4 of the top 30.
A fire sale because Cam Robinson…who had an ERA of about 1.5 last year through HiA and AA and struck out 84 in 65 IP may be the…most ridiculous comment I’ve read on here.
WHY?
They have a legit prospect at every single everyday position(Chourio(top 2 overall), Frelick(21), Mitchell, Wiemer(top 70).
IF, Turang top ~100, Black, Moore, Brown Jr
C-Quero(77 ovr), Wood
Arms like Misioroswki, Gasser, Uribe(among other talented projectable arms).
Robinson is a good pitcher. Hope he ends up back in Milw, but using him being 19 in…ONE ranking as your logic is….flawed to be kind.
Well said
Update-Brewers system ranked 2nd or 3rd in MLB.
I agree. You let a guy like this ride it out. But hopefully he passes through. There was hope he’d be a SU man for us this year.
Doesn’t take much for a Reliever to figure it out.
The movement he gets, hitting 97…should have held on to him.
Brewers don’t need pitching. Interesting how early this year Brewer TV announcers talked of how deep they were in pitching throughout the system. Why not bring up Chourio? If outfield help is needed, he seems to still be hitting no matter what level he is at. Seems most MLB teams know Tapia but I guess the Brewers see the next ex Red Sox outfield type like JBJ to put on the Brewer pinstripes.
Chourio, while one of the most exciting prospects the Crew has had in a while, is not Juan Soto. He’s still trying to figure out AA and get his feet under him. The Crew has too many holes at the moment, so bringing him up wouldn’t fix the big league club and would only set him back in terms of learning the pro game. Try to be patient and let’s see what happens as he gains confidence against the upgraded talent.
I appreciate fans are excited about Chourio(they should also be just about as excited about Quero and Misiorwoski)…but calling a 19 year old with a .724 OPS up from AA is a…AWFUL idea.
The kid is an incredible prospect because despite being 5 years younger than the average AA prospect, he’s holding his own and has played really well since May 1.
He is NOT an MLB ready player. He needs a full year in AA ball where the most talented pitchers are and THEN maybe even start there again next year before a promotion to AAA where presumably he’ll tear it up and then get the call.
But this is a progression. You don’t want to destroy this kids confidence by throwing him in there before he’s ready.
Let players develop. just as Chourio could likely be a decent 5th OFer, Misiorowski could likely be a decent middle reliever. That’s not the goal however.. The GOAL is to get a guy who’s ready to be a everyday player(or start every 5th day) and hopefully a Ronald Acuna Jr type player.
Not a guy struggling to hit .200 because you just arbitrarily decided to skip 4-5 steps in this kids development.
Tigers should grab him. He was one of the top minor league relievers last year I believe (listed in one of baseball mags). Lots of walks (and lots of SO) but Lange does that too and he’s doing fine.
Most minor league saves