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Minor Moves: Tomas, Oliver, Brignac, Zito

By Mark Polishuk and Brad Johnson | April 4, 2015 at 9:33pm CDT

Here are today’s minor transactions from around baseball, with the newest moves at the top of the post…

  • The Diamondbacks have optioned Cuban outfielder Yasmany Tomas, the team reports via Twitter. The club signed Tomas for $68.5MM over the offseason. He struggled both defensively and offensively this spring. A stint in Triple-A should give him time to adjust to the outfield and improve his plate approach.
  • Phillies Rule 5 pick Andy Oliver has elected free agency after he was outrighted, the club announced via Twitter. The hard throwing lefty has struggled with walks throughout his career. That continued this spring with 11 walks and 22 strikeouts in 12 and two-thirds innings. The club also announced on Twitter that they reassigned catcher Rene Garcia, first baseman Russ Canzler, and infielder Cord Phelps to Triple-A.
  • Marlins utility infielder Reid Brignac has accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A, tweets Joe Frisaro of MLB.com. In 905 major league plate appearances, Brignac has a .222/.266/.314 line.
  • Athletics pitcher Barry Zito has accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A, tweets Jane Lee of MLB.com. The former star is working his way back from a one-year hiatus. He posted a 4.79 ERA in 20 and two-thirds spring innings. The 37-year-old struck out 14 and walked five. A former ninth overall pick of the A’s, the southpaw struggled after moving across the Bay to San Francisco on a seven-year, $126MM contract. That deal concluded after the 2013 season.
  • The Red Sox have released Casey Crosby, Bryan LaHair, and Matt Hoffman per the MLB transactions page. Crosby was once a top prospect with the Tigers, but the 26-year-old lefty has yet to develop command. Lahair, 32, had a nice run with the Cubs in 2012 when he hit .259/.334/.450 with 16 home runs in 380 plate appearances. He spent the 2013 season in Japan and split 2014 between Cleveland’s Double and Triple-A clubs.
  • The Phillies have released shortstop Tyler Greene according to the MLB transactions page. Greene, an 11th round pick, was once rated among the Phillies’ best prospects. He missed the entire 2014 season and has never posted a strikeout rate below 33 percent at any level.
  • The Giants have released pitcher Edgmer Escalona per the MLB transactions page. Escalona pitched in parts of four seasons for the Rockies, accruing 100 innings. He has a career 4.50 ERA with 6.39 K/9 and 2.88 BB/9.
  • The Cubs have released lefty pitcher Francisley Bueno according to the transactions page. The 34-year-old has pitched in parts of four season for the Braves and Royals. The soft tossing lefty has a career 2.98 ERA with 4.92 K/9 and 1.79 BB/9 in 60 innings. He’s a pure platoon pitcher.
  • The Braves released former closer Matt Capps per MLB.com. The righty last appeared in the majors in 2012. He has a career 3.52 ERA with 6.53 K/9 and 1.72 BB/9. He’s thrown just 12 minor league innings over the last two seasons – both with the Indians.

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  • The Phillies have released right-hander P.J. Walters, according to the club’s official transactions page.  Walters was signed to a minor league deal in November.  The righty posted a 6.28 ERA over 152 career innings with the Cardinals, Blue Jays and Twins from 2009-13 and he spent last season in minors with the Jays and Royals.
  • The Rays acquired right-hander Bradin Hagens from the Diamondbacks in exchange for cash considerations, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports (via Twitter).  Hagens made his Major League debut last season, posting a 3.38 ERA over a 2 2/3-inning cup of coffee with Arizona.  A sixth-round pick of the D’Backs in 2009, Hagens has a 4.08 ERA, 1.52 K/BB rate and 6.0 K/9 over 598 1/3 career minor league innings.  He’ll report to Double-A with the Rays, Topkin notes.
  • The Dodgers have acquired lefty Rudy Owens from the Athletics, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter link) hears from A’s assistant GM David Forst.  Owens unofficially announced the trade himself via his Twitter feed.  Owens has a 3.61 ERA, 6.9 K/9 and 3.47 K/BB rate over 781 1/3 minor league innings in the Pirates’ and Astros’ farm systems, and he received his first taste of MLB action last season, making one start for Houston.
  • The Mariners have released outfielder Phillips Castillo, Baseball America’s Matt Eddy reports (Twitter link).  Castillo received a $2.2MM bonus from the M’s when he signed with them as a 16-year-old in 2010, a price tag befitting his status as one of the international market’s top hitters of that year.  Over four seasons and 870 minor league plate appearances, however, Castillo only managed a .226/.303/.383 slash line and 20 homers, never advanced beyond the low A-ball level.
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Cubs Sign Francisley Bueno

By charliewilmoth | January 17, 2015 at 1:09pm CDT

The Cubs have signed lefty reliever Francisley Bueno to a minor league deal, Matt Eddy of Baseball America writes. Bueno is represented by Praver/Shapiro.

Bueno, 33, pitched 32 1/3 innings for the Royals in 2014, posting a 4.18 ERA with 5.6 K/9 and 1.9 BB/9. He did not appear in the postseason, and the Royals non-tendered him after the season, even though he was not eligible for arbitration. He has a 2.98 ERA and 1.8 BB/9 in parts of four seasons, albeit with a low 4.9 K/9.

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2014-15 American League Non-Tenders

By Jeff Todd | December 2, 2014 at 11:18pm CDT

Major League clubs have until 11pm CT tonight to tender contracts to players for the 2015 season. We’ll run down the list of American League non-tenders here, and update it as reports come in. Remember that you can track all of the action using MLBTR’s Non-Tender tracker, and we offer a full list of non-tender candidates (in the estimation of MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes). Also important for reference is the set of arbitration salary projections from MLBTR and contributor Matt Swartz. Click here for an explanation of the process, and be sure to check out this piece featuring some interesting observations from Tim regarding non-tender considerations.

  • Slade Heathcott, Jose Campos, and David Huff have all been non-tendered by the Yankees, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports on Twitter.
  • The Twins have tendered contracts to all arb-eligible players, per MLB.com’s Rhett Bollinger (Twitter link).
  • Third baseman Carlos Rivero is the only non-tender for the Mariners, the club announced. Rivero was not yet arbitration eligible.
  • The Astros have tendered contracts to all arb-eligible players, MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart reports on Twitter.
  • The Royals have non-tendered lefty Francisley Bueno, Andy McCullough of the Kansas City Star reports on Twitter. He was not yet eligible for arbitration.
  • As expected, the Tigers have offered arbitration to all eligible players, Anthony Fench of the Detroit Free Press tweets.
  • The Athletics have declined to offer arbitration to Kyle Blanks and Andrew Brown, the team announced. Both had previously been designated for assignment. Oakland will retain control over the remainder of its eligible players, tweets Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.
  • As with several other clubs, the Rays will proceed without any non-tenders, the club announced (per a tweet from Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times).
  • Likewise, the Orioles have tendered contracts to each of their eleven arb-eligible players, the team announced.
  • The Indians have tendered contracts to all five eligible players, per MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian (via Twitter). Cleveland had a fairly straightforward group. Indeed, Dierkes did not list any players as reasonable NT candidates.
  • Scott Snodgress and Scott Carroll have been non-tendered by the White Sox, Dan Hayes of CSNChicago.com tweets. Both players were pre-arbitration eligible, meaning that Chicago could have renewed them at the MLB minimum.
  • The Red Sox have non-tendered third baseman Juan Francisco but will otherwise tender contracts to all eligible players, the club announced (h/t to Jason Mastrodonato of MassLive.com, via Twitter). Francisco had already been designated for assignment, making this one of the day’s least surprising moves.
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Minor Moves: Jake Fox, Francisley Bueno

By edcreech | August 11, 2013 at 9:15pm CDT

Here are Sunday’s minor moves from around MLB:

  • The Diamondbacks have signed 1B/OF/C Jake Fox, Fox writes on Facebook. Fox has been assigned to Triple-A Reno. He had been playing for the independent Somerset Patriots, for whom hit .310/.387/.572 in 2013, with 25 home runs in 374 at bats. Fox played in the Pirates and Phillies systems in 2012, and last appeared in the Majors with the Orioles in 2011.
  • The Royals have announced, via Twitter, they have optioned left-hander Francisley Bueno to Triple-A Omaha. The 32-year-old was designated for assignment yesterday less than 24 hours after making his season debut with 2 1/3 innings of one-hit relief against the Red Sox. Bueno has excelled at Triple-A this year posting a 2.93 ERA with 7.3 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9 in 31 games (one start) covering 58 1/3 innings.

Charlie Wilmoth contributed to this post.

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