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Brewers Acquire Cesar Espinal To Complete Mark Canha Trade

By Steve Adams | April 21, 2025 at 11:51am CDT

The Royals announced Monday that minor league righty Cesar Espinal has been traded to the Brewers. He’s the player to be named later from the swap that sent Mark Canha from Milwaukee to K.C. late in spring training.

Espinal is just 19 years old, but this is already the second time in his career that he’s been traded. He originally signed with the Orioles out of his native Dominican Republic, but Baltimore flipped him to Kansas City in a December 2023 deal that sent right-hander Jonathan Heasley over to the O’s.

The 19-year-old Espinal has spent his entire pro career pitching in the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League. He’s totaled just 73 innings and worked to a 3.95 ERA with 22.7% strikeout rate and 13.7% walk rate. He’s kept the ball on the ground at a 43.8% clip. Espinal wasn’t a high-profile prospect when signing as a 16-year-old in 2022 and hasn’t appeared among the top-30 prospects for either Baltimore or Kansas City to this point.

That sort of return is to be expected, given the nature of the trade. Canha signed as a non-roster invitee with the Brewers and looked like a long shot to make the roster this spring. Milwaukee adding any kind of lottery-ticket arm in exchange for a spring NRI who could’ve opted out of his contract if he didn’t make the roster is a nice bit of business.

Of course, it should be mentioned that the Royals likely don’t have any buyer’s remorse. Canha missed 10 days with an adductor strain but has started out 7-for-18 with a pair of doubles, two walks and three strikeouts in 21 plate appearances with Kansas CIty. It’s a nice start for a typically productive veteran whose offense last year was about league-average and who hasn’t posted a below-average offensive output since establishing himself as a big leaguer back in 2018.

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  1. stubby66

    6 months ago

    This is the kinda trade that got us Freddy Peralta

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    • kripes-brewers

      6 months ago

      Fingers crossed 🤞

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    • Captain K-Mid

      6 months ago

      I mean, not really – Lind trade was for three lottery ticket players, not just one. Much better chance of hitting like that.

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  2. cwizzy6

    6 months ago

    Would have liked to have kept Canha, but there was no space for him. Shouldnt have gotten rid of him the first time either.

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    • kripes-brewers

      6 months ago

      He’d be a better fit on this roster than Hoskins imo; faster, more versatile and a great deal cheaper.

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  3. Old York

    6 months ago

    He’s a potential future asset for the Brewers’ pitching roster.

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    • Gyo01

      6 months ago

      What?

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