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Prospect Transactions: Aug. 24-30
Sox promote Brentz to Triple-A, Iglesias to bigs, add Webster
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com
08/31/2012 10:18 AM ET
Bryce Brentz posted a .296/.355/.478 slash line at Double-A Portland.
Bryce Brentz posted a .296/.355/.478 slash line at Double-A Portland. (Kevin Pataky/MiLB.com)

Readers: "Prospect Transactions" updates you weekly on the most notable moves involving prospects in the Minor Leagues. All comings and goings of MLB.com's top prospects are included and are ordered by organization.

Player Org Move
Adam Eaton ARI Placed on Triple-A Reno DL (concussion)
Tommy La Stella ATL Activated off Class A Adv. Lynchburg DL
Tyler Townsend BAL Activated off Class A Adv. Frederick DL (wrist)
Bryce Brentz BOS Promoted from Double-A Portland to Triple-A Pawtucket
Notes: MLB.com's No. 51 prospect had a long wait to get to Pawtucket (some Sox fans might say too long a wait). The slugging right fielder batted .296 and tallied 48 extra-base hits (including 17 homers) in 122 games for the Sea Dogs. Brentz will have to cut down on his strikeouts (130, or in 29 percent of his at-bats) to keep his bat in contention in the International League. And make no mistake: It's that bat, a free-swinging stroke at times, that has him one step from the Majors two years after he was made a first-round draftee.
Allen Webster BOS Traded from Dodgers; assigned to Double-A Portland
Notes: MLB.com's No. 65 prospect was nudged into that massive, bi-coastal trade, but he shouldn't be forgotten about. Webster, a 22-year-old right-hander, righted his season in Los Angeles' organization: He went 1-7 with a 5.24 ERA in the first half for the Southern League's Chattanooga Lookouts before going 5-1 with a 2.08 mark with the same club in the second half. His Boston debut -- three runs over four innings on 8/28 -- was average, but his future should be anything but.
Jose Iglesias BOS Promoted from Triple-A Pawtucket to Red Sox
Robert Whitenack CHC Placed on Class A Advanced Daytona DL
Felix Sterling CLE Promoted from Arizona League to Class A Lake County
Jorge Martinez CLE Promoted to Class A Short-Season Mahoning Valley
LeVon Washington CLE Assigned to Class A Advanced Carolina
Trayce Thompson CWS Promoted from Double-A Birmingham to Triple-A Charlotte
Simon Castro CWS Demoted from Triple-A Charlotte to Double-A Birmingham
Luke Putkonen DET Demoted from Tigers to Triple-A Toledo
Matt Dominguez HOU Promoted from Triple-A Oklahoma City to Astros
Jordan Scott HOU Placed on Class A Lexington temporary inactive list
Chris Dwyer KC Placed on Triple-A Omaha DL (undetermined illness)
Yordano Ventura KC Activated of Double-A Northwest Arkansas DL (hand)
Josh Wall LA Promoted from Triple-A Albuquerque to Dodgers
Chris Reed LA Activated off Double-A Chattanooga DL
C.J. Cron LAA Placed on Class A Adv. Inland Empire DL (labrum surgery)
Kole Calhoun LAA Promoted from Triple-A Salt Lake to Angels
Austin Wood LAA Placed on Class A Cedar Rapids DL
Chad James MIA Suspended from Class A Adv. Jupiter
Jesus Solorzano MIA Placed on Class A Short-Season Jamestown DL (right groin)
Austin Brice MIA Placed on Class A Greensboro DL (right forearm tendinitis)
Pedro Hernandez MIN Placed on Triple-A Rochester DL (back strain)
Michael Fulmer NYM Placed on Class A Savannah DL
Brad Peacock OAK Placed on Triple-A Sacramento DL (elbow)
Notes: MLB.com's No. 61 prospect was struck in the arm in the fifth inning of his 8/26 start. Poor timing because Peacock has turned a corner in August: He compiled 4-1 record and a 3.24 ERA in five games spanning 25 innings this month, taking some of the smudge off an otherwise sub-par season.
Raul Alcantara OAK Placed on Class A Burlington DL
Casey Kelly SD Promoted from Double-A San Antonio to Padres
Notes: MLB.com's No. 39 prospect has had a whirlwind 2012. Kelly started the season at Triple-A; missed most of the season to rest his sore throwing elbow; rehabbed in the Rookie-level Arizona League; blew away batters in three Double-A starts; twirled six sterling innings in his MLB debut on 8/27; and ... was assigned to the Arizona Fall League. If it wasn't already clear, look for the well-traveled right-hander to stick in San Diego in '13.
Brad Boxberger SD Demoted from Padres to Triple-A Tucson
Leon Landry SEA Placed on Class A Adv. High Desert DL
Francisco Peguero SF Promoted from Triple-A Fresno to Giants
Tyrell Jenkins STL Placed on Class A Quad Cities DL (right shoulder)
Robert Stock STL Activated off Class A Quad Cities DL (shoulder)
Ryan Jackson STL Demoted from Cardinals to Triple-A Memphis
Trevor Rosenthal STL Promoted from Triple-A Memphis to Cardinals
Josh Sale TB Suspended from Class A Bowling Green
Alex Torres TB Activated off Triple-A Durham DL
Justin Grimm TEX Demoted from Triple-A Round Rock to Double-A Frisco
Tanner Scheppers TEX Demoted from Rangers to Triple-A Round Rock
Anthony Gose TOR Demoted from Blue Jays to Triple-A Las Vegas
Daniel Norris TOR Promoted to Class A Short-Season Vancouver
Roberto Osuna TOR Promoted to Class A Short-Season Vancouver
Alex Meyer WAS Placed on Class A Adv. Potomac DL

Andrew Pentis is a contributor to MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at AndrewMiLB. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.
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