Minor League Transactions



This week’s installment considers all transactions reported by MLB between Sept. 20 and 26. The previous installment is available here.

Atlanta Braves
Reinstated from DL:
RHP Kyle Cofield, RHP Jairo Cuevas, RHP Dustin Evans, RHP Jerome Gamble, RHP Moises Hernandez, RHP Chris Vines, LHP Lee Hyde, SS Paul Bennett, OF Jon Owings
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Tommy Hanson, RHP Deunte Heath, RHP Stephen Marek, RHP Kris Medlen, 3B Van Pope
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: LHP Jonny Venters, 1B Kala Kaaihue

Baltimore Orioles
Recalled:
RHP Fredy Deza, RHP Hayden Penn, 3B Scott Moore, OF Jeff Fiorentino

Boston Red Sox
Added to 40-man roster:
SS Gil Velazquez

Chicago Cubs
Designated for assignment:
RHP Adam Harben
Removed from 40-man roster: RHP Adam Harben

Cincinnati Reds
Reinstated from inactive list:
LHP Charles Snowden
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Charles Fisher, RHP Robert Manuel, RHP Sean Watson, LHP Pedro Viola, 2B Justin Turner, SS Chris Valaika, OF Sean Henry, OF Drew Stubbs
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: LHP Philippe Valiquette, SS Todd Frazier

Cleveland Indians
Released:
RHP Daniel Morales, RHP Luis Solano, LHP Mark Rodrigues, C Zach Booker, OF Ramon Hernandez
Recalled: LHP Reid Santos, OF Brad Snyder
Reinstated from DL: RHP Joe Ness, C Doug Pickens, 2B Shaun Larkin, SS Anthony Medrano, OF Jose Constanza, OF Wil Cordero
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Erik Stiller, RHP Josh Tomlin, RHP Neil Wagner, LHP Chuck Lofgren, LHP Shawn Nottingham, 1B Stephen Head, 3B Wes Hodges, 3B Beau Mills, SS Ron Rivas, SS Josh Rodriguez
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: LHP Matt Meyer, LHP Heath Taylor, C Adam Davis, C Matt McBride, 3B Dustin Realini

The Indians lost both Santos and Snyder to waiver claims. The Blue Jays claimed Santos, a Hawaii native who was a draft-and-follow in 2002 from Saddleback (Calif.) CC. The 26-year-old lefty posted a 4.89 ERA in 77 relief innings at Double-A and Triple-A this season, striking out 69 and walking 22. The Cubs nabbed Snyder, a Ball State product who went 18th overall in 2003. Because the lefthanded batter strikes out too much, he’s struggled in six pro seasons to get the most out of his combination of power and speed. The 26-year-old batted just .246/.297/.426 for Triple-A Buffalo this season, with 123 whiffs and 27 walks in 411 at-bats.

Florida Marlins
Recalled:
RHP Carlos Martinez, RHP Scott Nestor, RHP Rick VandenHurk, LHP Taylor Tankersley, OF Jai Miller
Reinstated from DL: RHP Daniel Barone, RHP Eric Basurto, RHP Benito Beato, RHP Hector Correa, RHP Rodolfo Encarnacion, RHP Jason Iehl, RHP Blake Jones, RHP Kyle Kaminska, RHP Marc Lamacchia, RHP Matt Mallory, RHP Garrett Parcell, RHP Geury Ramirez, RHP Josh Roberts, RHP Sandy Rosario, RHP Brad Stone, RHP Rick VandenHurk, LHP Ramon Benjamin, LHP Wade Korpi, LHP Taylor Tankersley, LHP Randy Williams, C Torre Langley, C Daniel Santin, 1B Matt Lokken, 2B Dan Nelson, SS Rigoberto Silverio, OF Alexis Gomez, OF George Lombard, OF Tommy Murphy, OF Lorenzo Scott
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP Adam Campbell, SS Chris Barnwell
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: C Chris Hatcher, OF Greg Burns

Not to let the air out of Miller’s breakout season too much, but the 23-year-old benefited mightily from playing in Triple-A Albuquerque’s Isotopes Field, doing most of his damage there. In that regard, he’s no different from Isotopes past and present—Dallas McPherson, Scott Seabol, Val Pascucci—who’ve enjoyed the thin Albuquerque air. Miller, a righthanded batter and a 2003 fourth-round pick out of an Alabama high school, hit just .233/.317/.381 away from Isotopes Field—and .308/.386/.581 with 13 of his 19 home runs in 198 home at-bats.

Houston Astros
Reinstated from DL:
RHP Colt Adams, RHP Evan Englebrook, RHP Kyle Middleton, RHP Agustin Pinales, LHP Luis Cruz, LHP Mark McLemore, LHP Tom Vessella, C Jim Goethals, C Max Sapp, 3B Jhonny Medrano, SS Tomas Perez, OF Josh Flores, OF T.J. Steele
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP Bud Norris, RHP Jordan Powell, LHP Chris Blazek, SS Osvaldo Fernando, OF Josh Flores, OF Todd Self, OF Devon Torrence

Kansas City Royals
Released:
RHP Angel Martinez, RHP Jace Smith, SS Jamie Nilsen
Reinstated from inactive list: OF Wilson Tucker
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: RHP Jason Godin, LHP Ben Swaggerty, 2B Kurt Mertins

Los Angeles Angels
Released:
2B Ryan Kennedy
Recalled: RHP Nick Adenhart, RHP Nick Green, RHP Rich Thompson, OF Terry Evans
Reinstated from DL: RHP Richard Aldridge, RHP Jon Bachanov, RHP Brok Butcher, RHP Ryan Chaffee, RHP Milan Dinga, RHP Miguel Gonzalez, RHP Jeremy Haynes, RHP Pedro Herrera, RHP Young-Il Jung, RHP Tim Schoeninger, RHP Mason Tobin, RHP Vladimir Veras, C Anel de los Santos, C Chad Miller, 1B Michael Collins, 2B Jean Segura, 3B Matt Sweeney, SS Chris Lewis, SS Ryan Mount, SS Hainley Statia, OF Adam Greenberg, OF Trevor Pippin

Milwaukee Brewers
Reinstated from DL:
C Brett Whiteside
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: LHP Chris Cody, LHP Mike Ramlow, OF Caleb Gindl, OF Logan Schafer

Minnesota Twins
Recalled:
RHP Julio DePaula, RHP Oswaldo Sosa, C Jose Morales, SS Sergio Santos
Reinstated from DL: RHP Liam Hendriks, RHP Tom Shearn, RHP Tom Stuifbergen, RHP Kyle Waldrop, LHP Chris Anderson, LHP Nelvin Fuentes, LHP Winston Marquez, LHP Tyler Robertson, LHP Jay Sawatski, C Jair Fernandez, C Jose Morales, 1B Chris Parmelee, 2B Nick Papasan, 2B Eric Santiago, 3B Deibinson Romero, SS Paul Kelly, SS Andrew Thompson, OF Joe Benson, OF Joe Gaetti, OF Ozzie Lewis, OF Erik Lis, OF Darnell McDonald, OF Tommy Watkins
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP Andrei Lobanov, RHP Loek Van Mil, LHP Nick Lobanov, 1B Henry Sanchez

New York Mets
Recalled:
RHP Eddie Kunz, LHP Adam Bostick
Reinstated from DL: LHP Adam Bostick

New York Yankees
Released:
RHP Ariano Fructuoso, RHP Charlie Isaacson, RHP Rolando Japa, C Jared Greenwood, C Luis Robles, C Irwil Rojas, 2B Mark Carroll, SS Danny Cox, OF Evan Tierce
Reinstated from DL: RHP Manuel Barreda, RHP Francisco Castillo, RHP Michael Gardner, RHP D.J. Mitchell
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP Ariano Fructuoso, RHP Charlie Isaacson, RHP Rolando Japa, C Jared Greenwood, C Luis Robles, C Irwil Rojas, 2B Mark Carroll, SS Danny Cox, OF Evan Tierce

If the names of the released seem unfamiliar, that’s because many of them haven’t played professionally in two or more season. Seems as if the Yankees finally got around to reactivating them and formally releasing them. Cox was a 36th-round pick in 2007, and Greenwood signed as a nondrafted free agent in 2005—but didn’t play in 2008—making him one of the more recent New York farmhands here. For Isaacson, Robles and Tierce, 2005 was their final pro season; for Japa, Rojas, Carroll, it was 2006.

Oakland Athletics
Added to 40-man roster:
2B Donnie Murphy
Assigned to Arizona Fall League: RHP Andrew Bailey, RHP Andrew Carignan, RHP Jared Lansford, C Josh Donaldson, 1B Sean Doolittle, SS Adrian Cardenas
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: RHP Sam Demel, 3B Chris Carter, OF Corey Brown

Pittsburgh Pirates
Assigned to Arizona Fall League:
RHP Michael Crotta, RHP Jared Hughes, RHP Jeff Sues, C Steve Lerud, 2B Shelby Ford
Assigned to Hawaii Winter Baseball: RHP Harrison Bishop, RHP Eric Krebs, RHP Moises Robles, LHP Kyle Bloom, 2B Jim Negrych, SS Brian Friday

San Francisco Giants
Reinstated from DL:
RHP Kelyn Acosta, RHP Brian Anderson, RHP Manuel Cabeza, RHP Jesse Foppert, RHP Daniel Griffin, RHP Cameron Lamb, RHP Bryan Millikan, RHP Anthony Moreno, RHP David Newton, RHP Geomar Patino, RHP Nick Pereira, RHP Ryan Shaver, RHP Jose Valdez, RHP Ben Wilshire, LHP Damon Brewer, LHP Steven Calicutt, LHP Carlos de la Rosa, LHP Roberto Martinez, LHP David Quinowski, LHP Eric Surkamp, C Todd Jennings, C Matt Klimas, C Aaron Lowenstein, 2B Skyler Stromsmoe, 3B Mark Minicozzi, SS Brian Bocock, SS Charlie Culberson, OF Damon Wright
Reinstated from inactive list: RHP Julio Mateo, LHP Jesus Reina

Seattle Mariners
Recalled:
RHP Luis Munoz, RHP Tracy Thorpe, RHP Sean White, RHP Joe Woerman, LHP Eric O’Flaherty, 2B Yung Chi Chen

Tampa Bay Rays
Assigned to Arizona Fall League:
RHP Chris Mason, RHP Ryan Reid, RHP Wade Townsend, LHP Mike Wlodarczyk, C Matt Spring, 1B Rhyne Hughes, OF J.T. Hall

Texas Rangers
Recalled:
RHP Thomas Diamond, RHP Tommy Hunter, OF Julio Borbon



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Matt:
What is the deal with Wil Cordero and the Indians? The guy hasnt played in about 2 seasons. The Anthony Medrano move is perplexing too since he was an instructor this spirng? Are these some type of paper moves?

Whats the deal betwen Juan Miranda and new york yankes. The last fall season he was sent to AFL, and this year the yanks did again, no matter he was Tigres del Licey first pick in the Dominican Republic winter league (he became dominican citizen). Whats best for Miranda, other AFL season or play in the Dominican Republic Winter League, the stronger winter league in the entire world?


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