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Yankees Designate Geoff Hartlieb For Assignment

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The Yankees announced Wednesday that they’ve designated right-handed reliever Geoff Hartlieb for assignment. His spot on the 40-man and 26-man rosters will go to pitching prospect Cam Schlittler, whose previously reported promotion is now official. Schlittler’s contract has been selected from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and he’ll make his major league debut when he starts today’s game against the Mariners.

Hartlieb, 31, has appeared in two games for the Yankees this season. He’s allowed three runs in both, resulting in a grisly 40.50 ERA through 1 1/3 innings. He’s been very good in a larger sample of 35 Triple-A frames, working to a 3.34 ERA with a sharp 26.2% strikeout rate and strong 6.9% walk rate. Hartlieb has a solid overall track record in Triple-A, but he’s struggled badly in parts of six big league seasons between the Pirates, Mets, Marlins, Rockies and now Yankees. In 80 2/3 MLB frames, he carries a 7.92 earned run average.

The Yankees have five days to trade Hartlieb or place him on waivers (a 48-hour process) in order to resolve his DFA within the maximum allotted window of one week. This is his second DFA of the season in the Bronx — the Yankees also designated him following his first appearance — and he accepted an outright assignment after clearing waivers the last time. There’s a good chance this time will play out similarly, though Hartlieb will have the right to reject a minor league assignment in favor of free agency if he goes unclaimed.

Royals Sign Dallas Keuchel To Minor League Deal

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The Royals announced Wednesday that they’ve signed left-hander Dallas Keuchel to a minor league contract. ESPN’s Jeff Passan notes that Keuchel held a workout for clubs last week, which the Royals attended. He’ll earn a prorated $2MM salary for any time spent on the major league roster.

Keuchel, 37, has pitched in parts of 13 big league seasons and was one of the top lefties in the sport at his peak. The 2015 American League Cy Young Award winner with the Astros, Keuchel starred for Houston from 2014-18 when he pitched a combined 950 1/3 innings with a 3.28 ERA, a 20.2% strikeout rate, a 6.5% walk rate and a mammoth 60% ground-ball rate. He had a solid partial season with Atlanta in 2019 and signed a three-year pact with the ChiSox spanning the 2020-22 seasons. The first year of that contract played out wonderfully, but Keuchel was ineffective in 2021 and pitched poorly enough in 2022 to be released before the contract had concluded.

Since his career began trending downward with the South Siders, Keuchel has slipped into journeyman status. He’s pitched for the White Sox, Rangers, D-backs, Twins and Brewers in the past three years and also had a stint with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Keuchel started four games for the 2024 Brewers and yielded a 5.40 ERA with 11 strikeouts against eight walks in 16 2/3 innings pitched. He also made 13 solid starts for the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate in Tacoma last year.

Kansas City entered the 2025 season with a strong quintet in the rotation. Cole Ragans, Seth Lugo, Kris Bubic, Michael Wacha and Michael Lorenzen is a deeper one through five than most clubs can boast, and there were quality depth options like righty Alec Marsh and prospect Noah Cameron. Ragans is now sidelined with a strained rotator cuff that’ll keep him out until at least Aug. 7. Marsh has been on the IL all season due to a shoulder impingement that is taking longer than anticipated to mend.

That’s left the Royals with scant depth beyond the currently healthy group of Lugo, Bubic, Cameron, Wacha and Lorenzen. Cameron has been a godsend on the whole but has looked far more mortal in his past six starts (4.26 ERA in 31 2/3 innings) than he did in his historic first five starts (0.85 ERA in that same sample size of 31 2/3 innings). His performance has been direly needed, especially with several of the organization’s other top young arms either struggling (e.g. Luinder Avila, Ben Kudrna, Steven Zobac) or falling to injury (e.g. Tyson Guerrero).

Keuchel is the second veteran lefty whom the Royals have signed to a minor league pact to serve as depth. He’ll join Rich Hill on an Omaha pitching staff that also includes several journeymen with big league experience: Thomas Hatch, Justin Dunn and John Gant among them.

Rhys Hoskins Expects To Be Out Roughly Six Weeks

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Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins is targeting a six-week return from his thumb injury, the slugger himself told the team’s beat this afternoon (video link via Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel). Hoskins has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 sprain of the ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb and a bone bruise as well.

Hoskins will be in a splint for the next couple weeks before beginning strength exercises and eventually resuming baseball activity. He noted that some doctors have told him four weeks and others have suggested an absence of eight weeks. He’s targeting the midpoint, which would place him back in the lineup mid-August.

Hoskins originally sustained the injury three days ago when applying a lunging tag to Marlins infielder Eric Wagaman on a play at first base (video link). He immediately took off his mitt and was checked out by the training staff. Jake Bauers replaced him at first base the next inning. Andrew Vaughn has since been recalled from Triple-A Nashville to take Hoskins’ spot on the roster. The former White Sox slugger ripped a three-run homer in his first at-bat after replacing Hoskins on the roster.

The 32-year-old Hoskins has enjoyed a more productive second season in Milwaukee than he did in his first season last year. The longtime Phillies slugger is batting .242/.340/.428 (115 wRC+) with a dozen homers and doubles apiece. He’s upped his walk rate from 10.3% to 11.9% and cut his strikeout rate from 28.8% to 26.7%. Hoskins turned in big performances in April and May before slumping for much of June. He looked to be getting back on track at the plate, with a .237/.354/.526 performance in 12 games leading up to his injury.

It’s at least plausible that Milwaukee will consider bringing in another bat to help patch things over, although they’ll surely take a look at the Bauers/Vaughn tandem before making any larger changes. Vaughn hit well in 16 games with the Brewers’ Triple-A Nashville club before being summoned to take Hoskins’ spot on the roster, and Bauers has at least drawn walks at a gaudy 15.3% clip against right-handed pitching this season, resulting in a .328 OBP in those matchups. The righty-swinging Vaughn and lefty-hitting Bauers could patch things over in a short-term platoon arrangement — particularly if Hoskins can return on the quicker side of the timetables presented to him.

That said, the Milwaukee bench isn’t exactly a strong point, currently including Vaughn, backup catcher Eric Haase, third baseman Andruw Monasterio (career .241/.321/.327) and 26-year-old rookie catcher/infielder Anthony Seigler (a minor league free agent signee who is 1-for-8 to begin his MLB career). Prospect Tyler Black might’ve been an option, but he’s hitting .129/.260/.177 in 73 Triple-A plate appearances since returning from a broken hamate. Adding a multi-position bat that can handle first base (among other spots on the diamond) and also offer some more offense from Pat Murphy’s bench arguably makes good sense regardless of Hoskins’ timetable.

Yankees Moving Jazz Chisholm Jr. Back To Second Base

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3:20pm: Boone tells the Yankees beat that there’s no thought of playing LeMahieu at third base (link via Chris Kirschner of The Athletic). Playing third base is physically challenging for LeMahieu at this stage of his career, and the Yankees are viewing him primarily as a bench bat moving forward. Asked how the veteran infielder took the news, Boone candidly replied, “Not great, necessarily, but that’s kind of the situation we’re in right now.”

LeMahieu is being paid $15MM this season and is owed another $15MM in 2026.

11:25am: Since returning to the Yankees following a monthlong stay on the injured list due to an oblique strain, Jazz Chisholm Jr. has appeared in 29 games and played third base in every single one of them. The versatile infielder/outfielder recently voiced a team-first approach saying he’ll play anywhere but noted that his preference is second base. That shift is now in the works, as manager Aaron Boone tells Talkin’ Yanks that Chisholm will move back to second base beginning tonight. Oswald Peraza will play third base this evening, Boone adds.

It’s a notable change both in that it sets the Yankees up for a better defensive alignment while also potentially tipping their hand with regard to the looming trade deadline. Chisholm has been a capable but unspectacular defender at the hot corner. He grades out more effectively at second base. Peraza hasn’t hit at all this season but draws strong defensive marks for his glovework at the hot corner. Meanwhile, veteran infielder DJ LeMahieu has provided slightly below-average offense and diminished defense at second base (particularly relative to his brilliant peak). He hasn’t logged  an inning at third base this year.

The Yankees are widely expected to search for infield help (among other things) ahead of the July 31 trade deadline. While it’s always possible they bring in another second baseman and move Chisholm back to third base, the early shift back to his more natural position seems to signal a preference for Chisholm to remain there. Boone acknowledged that his preference is to keep Chisholm at second base for now and avoid a situation where he’s bouncing back and forth between the two positions. A third base upgrade stands as a more natural target as the Yankees peruse the trade market.

The Yanks have already been connected to Colorado’s Ryan McMahon and Pittsburgh’s Isiah Kiner-Falefa (a former Yankee), among other possible third base targets. Presumably, they would be prominent suitors for Arizona’s Eugenio Suárez if he’s made available, but the D-backs are on the periphery of the NL Wild Card chase and GM Mike Hazen has signaled that he hopes to avoid a sell-off. Their direction — and the availability of players like Suárez, Zac Gallen, Josh Naylor and Merrill Kelly — will largely boil down to how the Diamondbacks perform over the next couple weeks.

It’s not clear in the interim how the Yankees will handle third base. Boone committed only to Peraza playing there tonight and said that otherwise the position will “remain fluid,” with Chisholm sticking over at second base. LeMahieu has plenty of career experience at the hot corner but has been exclusively a second baseman in 2025. Peraza is a strong defender there but has just a .154/.225/.262 batting line, albeit in a relatively small sample of 142 plate appearances and with sporadic, infrequent playing time. Oswaldo Cabrera is still out long-term due to a broken ankle. Jorbit Vivas played a bit of third base earlier this season but is back in Triple-A and in the midst of a rough slump there (.175/.309/.211 across his past 15 games).

The Yankees have also brought in a couple of veterans on non-roster deals over the past week. Jeimer Candelario was a quality offensive performer in four years with the Tigers before becoming a free agent in the 2023-24 offseason. His three-year, $45MM deal with the Reds didn’t pan out at all, and Cincinnati released him on June 29. Candelario signed with the Yankees over the weekend. On the other side of the spectrum, Nicky Lopez is an all-glove utilityman with the versatility to handle shortstop, second base or third base. He opted out of a minor league deal with the D-backs on July 1 and signed with the Yankees a couple days later.

Gary Sánchez Likely To Miss 8-10 Weeks

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Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino informed members of the media today that catcher Gary Sánchez is likely to miss eight to ten weeks due to his right knee sprain. Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com was among those to relay the timeline and the specific diagnosis, which is a sprain of the catcher’s right posterior cruciate ligament.

It’s yet another unwelcome development in a season that’s been full of them for the Orioles. Sánchez’s .231/.297/.418 batting line (101 wRC+) is “only” a touch better than league average, but he’d been riding a blazing .295/.348/.574 hot streak with five homers over his past 66 plate appearances. That torrid stretch dovetailed with IL placements for Adley Rutschman, Maverick Handley and Chadwick Tromp. Sánchez now becomes the Orioles’ fourth catcher on the injured list.

It’s brutal timing for both the Orioles and Sánchez. With so many other catching injuries on the roster, he’d been thrust into the starting role and was making the most of it — all with free agency just a few months away on the horizon. Sánchez might’ve positioned himself as a trade candidate for the O’s if they end up going the seller’s route, and if not, he was shaping up to be a key piece of their turnaround.

With Sánchez shelved for the foreseeable future, the O’s will turn to a pair of recent acquisitions, Jacob Stallings and Alex Jackson, to handle catching duties. Stallings signed a minor league deal a couple weeks back after being released by the Rockies. Jackson was just acquired from the Yankees in exchange for international bonus pool space. Both catchers will be tasked with not only trying to get going at the plate after some substantial struggles in the majors but learning a new pitching staff and building rapport on the fly.

The 35-year-old Stallings hit just .151/.225/.194 in 103 plate appearances before the Rockies released him, though he did turn in a strong .263/.357/.453 line as recently as last season in Colorado. Jackson, a former No. 6 overall draft pick and top prospect, was sitting on league-average numbers in Triple-A with the Yankees but has been unable to produce in myriad big league auditions over the years. The 29-year-old has tallied 340 MLB plate appearances but managed only a .131/.224/.232 batting line with an eye-popping 41.8% strikeout rate in that time.

Royals Select Cam Devanney, Transfer Cole Ragans To 60-Day IL

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The Royals announced today that they have selected the contract of infielder/outfielder Cam Devanney. In a corresponding active roster move, outfielder Mark Canha has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to left elbow epicondylitis. To open a 40-man spot, left-hander Cole Ragans was transferred to the 60-day IL.

Devanney was a 2019 Brewers draftee (15th round) who landed in the Royals organization by way of 2023’s Taylor Clarke trade. He’s posting career-best numbers in Triple-A this year, albeit as a 28-year-old who’s in his fourth season at that level.

Devanney has taken 288 turns at the plate and logged a .272/.366/.565 batting line with 18 homers, 14 doubles, a pair of triples, three steals (in four tries), an 11.8% walk rate and a 24.3% strikeout rate. He’s primarily played shortstop but also logged time at second base, at third base and in left field. The outfield work is largely new to him,  but Devanney has 608 career innings at second and 806 career frames at third (plus more than 3100 innings as a shortstop).

This will be Devanney’s first action at the big league level. He’ll give the Royals some versatility and a right-handed bat to replace that of Canha, who’s posted a career-worst .212/.272/.265 slash in 125 plate appearances with Kansas City so far in 2025. Canha was sporting a league-average batting line into late May, but it’s fair to wonder how long his elbow has been bothering him, given that he’s recorded an anemic .104/.137/.188 line over his past 51 trips to the plate.

Ragans has already missed more than a month due to a rotator cuff strain and only recently resumed throwing. He’ll need to progress through multiple checkpoints — throwing off a mound, facing live hitters — before he commences a minor league rehab assignment that’ll likely span multiple starts. It was already known that he was likely to be out beyond the All-Star break.

The move to the 60-day injured list doesn’t reset Ragans’ IL clock but rather pushes back the earliest possible activation date. Given that only just starting to play catch after a four-week shutdown period, there wasn’t much chance he’d have been ready for activation before early-to-mid August anyhow. He can now be activated no earlier than Aug. 7.

MLBTR Chat Transcript

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Steve Adams

  • Good morning! I’ll get started at the usual 1pm CT time, but feel free to send in questions ahead of time.
  • Greetings! Sorry for the slight delay. Let’s get going

Yankees

  • -3.5 on the Blue Jays, 9-16 over the last 25. Time to panic?

Steve Adams

  • Panic? No. Time to go upgrade both the lineup and the rotation? Yeah. Losing Clarke Schmidt really hurts that staff. There’ll be several options to discuss with regard to third base. Yankees fans seem to really want Suarez, but Ryan McMahon fits them really nicely also and would be a manageable CBT hit for the next few seasons.

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  • Who are the sure bets to be moved in Pittsburgh?

Steve Adams

  • I’ll be surprised if all of Andrew Heaney, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and David Bednar aren’t traded. Dennis Santana only slightly less so.
  • Caleb Ferguson will go, too.

Steve Cohen

  • Shouldn’t the Marlins call up Deyvison De Los Santos to play first base? Ramirez has worked out very nicely.

Steve Adams

  • He’s not really hitting well overall this season, and his best work came earlier in the year. He’s at .199/.287/.365 over the past two months.I like that De Los Santos is chasing a lot less and walking a little bit more, but his contact rate is still in the gutter. I’m more bullish on Ramirez in general.

Johnny Mo

  • Surely the Cards are sellers now?

Steve Adams

  • Losing 5 of 6, including a sweep at the hands of the Pirates, can’t feel good … but they’re five over .500 and 1.5 back of a Wild Card spot. That’s not a team that’s going to sell aggressively. If they spiral out of control from here and are suddenly 3-4 under .500 and 5+ games back of a Wild Card spot in 2-3 weeks, then sure.

Austin Jackon’s Catch In Boston

  • Do guys like Santana, Thomas, and Sewald have any trade value? It’s looking like a lost season in Cleveland

Steve Adams

  • Santana is still hitting at an average-ish level and is generally beloved in clubhouses. He’s overpaid, but if Cleveland eats some of the money left on his contract, I can see him netting a modest prospect return.I thought the Guards should’ve non-tendered Thomas — said to underscore my low expectations, not pat myself on the back or anything — and even I’m stunned by how far he’s fallen this year. He’s a DFA/release candidate more than a trade candidate.Sewald’s ERA is ugly, but the K%, BB% and SwStr% are all good and we’re talking a small sample of innings. They won’t get a ton, but yeah, he’s tradeable.

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Tigers Agree To Minor League Deal With Devin Smeltzer, Release Manuel Margot

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The Tigers have agreed to a minor league deal with southpaw Devin Smeltzer and released veteran outfielder Manuel Margot, per the transaction log at MiLB.com. Smeltzer has been assigned to Triple-A Toledo.

Smeltzer, 29, has seen big league time in parts of five major league seasons — nearly all with the division-rival Twins. The Vayner client is a former Dodgers fifth-round pick who went from L.A. to Minnesota a deadline swap for Brian Dozier. Smeltzer has worked both as a starter and long reliever in the big leagues, compiling a total of 162 1/3 innings with a 4.32 ERA. He’s only fanned 16.5% of his opponents but boasts a sharp 6% walk rate.

Smeltzer posted a 3.99 ERA in 140 innings with Minnesota from 2019-22, but his inability to miss bats and his susceptibility to home runs led fielding-independent metrics to cast a far more bearish outlook on his performance (4.82 FIP, 4.78 SIERA). Smeltzer’s 2023 season with the Marlins indeed brought a good bit of regression; he pitched 22 1/3 innings but was rocked for a 6.45 ERA as he served up seven round-trippers in that limited role.

That 2023 season in Miami saw Smeltzer regularly designated for assignment, passed through waivers, and outrighted to Triple-A Jacksonville. The Fish designated Smeltzer for assignment four different times, and he accepted an outright on each occasion. He also returned on a minor league deal in the 2023-24 offseason and pitched well (3.69 ERA) in 31 2/3 innings with Jacksonville in 2024 before being released.

Smeltzer has been pitching for los Dorados de Chihuahua in the Mexican League this year, logging a 5.17 ERA, 17.6% strikeout rate and 7% walk rate in an extremely hitter-friendly setting, where the league-average ERA is a staggering 6.01. He’d been working as a starter, averaging better than six innings per outing across 13 starts, so Smeltzer will provide Detroit some depth for the rotation or a swingman candidate.

The Tigers currently have Sawyer Gipson-Long, Alex Cobb, Jackson Jobe, Ty Madden and Jose Urquidy on the injured list. Jobe’s season is over due to Tommy John surgery. Cobb has yet to pitch for the major league club since signing a one-year deal over the winter. Madden, the No. 32 pick in 2021, has been out all season with a shoulder strain. Gipson-Long has been out since late June due to a neck injury. Urquidy signed a free agent deal over the winter while recovering from Tommy John surgery and will likely be an option in the second half.

As for the veteran Margot, he appeared in six games with the Tigers earlier this year and went 6-for-19 (all singles) in 20 plate appearances. He’s had a very rough showing in Toledo, slashing only .211/.299/.266 in 144 plate appearances for the Mud Hens.

Now 30 years old, Margot is a former top prospect who had a solid run from 2017-22 between the Padres and Rays, slashing .254/.309/.386 with plus baserunning, elite defense and quality production against left-handed pitching. He suffered a severe strain of the patellar tendon in his right knee back in 2022, however, and his sprint speed, baserunning and defensive grades have all plummeted since that injury. (He also missed time earlier this season with an injury in his other knee.) When Margot debuted late in the 2016 season, Statcast credited him with 99th percentile sprint speed — an average of 30 feet per second. In his brief look with the Tigers earlier this season, he was covering 25.3 feet per second, all the way down in the ninth percentile of MLB players.

Since returning from that career-altering knee injury in 2022, Margot has taken 862 plate appearances in the majors. His average hasn’t changed much, but he’s walked less often and seen the minimal power he previously possessed dry up. He’s a .250/.395/.348 hitter (82 wRC+) in that time, and this year’s bleak minor league showing doesn’t create a lot of reason for optimism. He’ll be an option for teams seeking some righty-swinging outfield depth, but it’s been years since Margot has performed at peak levels.

Mets To Select Alex Carrillo

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The Mets are selecting the contract of hard-throwing righty Alex Carrillo, as first reported by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. He’s not on the 40-man roster, so they’ll need to make multiple transactions to facilitate the 28-year-old’s first call to the majors.

Carrillo’s journey to the majors is fairly remarkable. The California native went undrafted out of Alabama’s Faulkner University in 2019 and briefly signed with the Rangers that summer. He pitched 4 1/3 innings with their Rookie-level affiliate in the Arizona Complex League but, like many low-level minor leaguers, was cut loose the following year as teams released large swaths of young talent in the early stages of the pandemic.

Up until Opening Day 2025, those 4 1/3 innings in the Rangers system was Carrillo’s only experience in affiliated ball. He’s since pitched for two different teams in the independent Frontier League and has also pitched in two seasons for los Tigers de Quintana Roo in the Mexican League. The Mets scouted him this past winter when he was pitching for los Tigres de Aragua in the Venezuelan Winter League, and Carrillo impressed enough to land a minor league contract.

Carrillo was not invited to major league spring training and was assigned to Double-A to begin his Mets tenure. He’s proven to be a terrific under-the-radar pickup thus far. The 6’2″, 220-pound righty posted a 4.19 ERA in 19 1/3 Double-A frames but did so with an eye-catching 36.6% strikeout rate. That 4.19 earned run average also included a rocky start that was followed by a huge finish; Carrillo pitched 14 1/3 innings with a 1.88 ERA and a 24-to-3 K/BB ratio before being promoted to Triple-A. He’s responded with another 5 2/3 innings of nearly perfect pitching in Syracuse. Carrillo hasn’t allowed a hit or a walk there but did plunk one batter. He’s fanned ten opponents and averaged 98.5 mph on his heater.

Setting aside Carrillo’s first four appearances with the Mets — he allowed six runs in five innings during that initial stretch — he’s riding a 20-inning streak of 1.35 ERA ball with just three runs on nine hits and three walks. He’s punched out 34 batters in that time and has shown the ability to reach triple digits with his four-seamer.

Since this is Carrillo’s first call to the majors, he’ll have a full slate of minor league options. The Mets will be able to shuttle him up and down between Syracuse and Queens for the remainder of this season and two subsequent seasons. He’ll have the standard six full seasons of club control, meaning that if he can continue to shatter expectations, he can be controlled all the way through 2031.

Brewers Outright Daz Cameron, Select Anthony Seigler

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TODAY: Cameron cleared waivers and was outrighted off Milwaukee’s 40-man roster, according to Cameron’s MLB.com profile page.  It isn’t yet known whether or not Cameron will accept the assignment or head for free agency.

JULY 1: The Brewers announced today that they have selected the contract of infielder/catcher Anthony Seigler. Francys Romero of BeisbolFR.com reported that move earlier this week. Outfielder Daz Cameron has been designated for assignment in a corresponding move.

Now 26 years old, Seigler was the Yankees’ first-round selection, No. 23 overall, back in 2018. He became a minor league free agent following the 2024 season and in November signed a minor league pact with the Brewers. He’s spent the season so far in Triple-A Nashville, where he’s turned in a strong .277/.416/.465 batting line with seven home runs, 11 doubles, four triples and 20 stolen bases in 23 attempts. Seigler has walked in a colossal 18.4% of his plate appearances against a 19.1% strikeout rate.

Seigler has split his time between second base (203 innings), catcher (201 innings) and third base (94 innings) during his time in Nashville. He’s unlikely to see much time at second base with Brice Turang enjoying a strong season there, and the left side of the infield has improved of late with Joey Ortiz and Caleb Durbin both enjoying productive months in June. Still, Seigler could be an upgrade over Andruw Monasterio on the bench. Monasterio has bounced between the four infield positions but is hitting just .192/.323/.269 this year.

His ability to crouch behind the plate could also be of value to the Brewers. It was reported a couple of months ago that William Contreras has been playing through a finger fracture. His performance on the year is around league average but has been declining. He had a .217/.337/.313 line and 87 wRC+ in the month of June, a far cry from his previous production. Perhaps having Seigler around will allow the Brewers to give Contreras some time off his feet. Eric Haase is also on the roster and is having a decent year at the plate, in a sense. His overall production is around league average but it’s been in a tiny sample of 54 plate appearances and with a big 40.7% strikeout rate.

Seigler’s call to the majors will be his first. He played in parts of six minor league seasons with the Yankees organization and is now midway through his seventh pro season. He has a full slate of options and can be controlled until he reaches six years of big league service time. That means he could be a depth piece for the Brewers for quite a long time, if his performance justifies his continued presence on the roster.

Cameron, 28, was added to Milwaukee’s roster just over two months ago. He has since been serving in a bench outfield role but with a tepid line of .195/.214/.293. He was once a notable prospect and has often performed well in the minors but never in the majors. He now has a .200/.258/.326 line in 472 big league plate appearances dating back to his 2020 debut.

He’s now out of options, so the Brewers have bumped him off the 40-man today. Given his performance, he’s likely to pass through waivers unclaimed. He has previously been outrighted in his career, which gives him the right to reject further outright assignments in favor of electing free agency.

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