Prospect Transactions: Aug. 3-9

Shortstops on the move: Baez, Machado, Bogaerts, Segura

By Andrew Pentis

August 10, 2012

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
Manny Machado	BAL	Promoted from Double-A Bowie to Orioles
Notes: MLB.com's No. 3 prospect will go from Baysox shortstop to Baltimore's third baseman, as the American League East club makes a run at the playoffs. Machado will be more ready to contribute on defense than offense, at least right away. The 20-year-old righty hitter batted .266 and reached base safely in 35 percent of his plate appearances over 109 Eastern League games. He completed the cycle in his fifth-to-last Minors game on 8/4.
Dylan Bundy	BAL	Promoted from Class A Adv. Frederick to Double-A Bowie
Notes: MLB.com's No. 7 will wear a third uniform in his first pro season (and he won't get to be teammates with Machado). The 19-year-old right-hander, really the story of the Minors' first half, is 7-3 and has fashioned a 1.92 ERA in 19 starts between Class A Delmarva and Frederick. No. 20 occurs in tougher environs on Aug. 14.
Glynn Davis	BAL	Demoted from Class A Adv. Frederick to Class A Delmarva
Nick Delmonico	BAL	Placed on Class A Delmarva DL (knee)
Xander Bogaerts	BOS	Promoted from Class A Adv. Salem to Double-A Portland
Notes: MLB.com's No. 62 prospect batted .302 and clubbed 15 homers and 27 doubles in 104 games in the Carolina League. His bat will be tested in the Eastern League.
Brandon Workman	BOS	Promoted from Class A Adv. Salem to Double-A Portland
Kolbrin Vitek	BOS	Placed on Double-A Portland DL
Amir Garrett	CIN	Promoted from Arizona League to Rookie-level Billings
Jorge Soler	CHC	Promoted from Arizona League to Class A Peoria
Brett Jackson	CHC	Promoted from Triple-A Iowa to Cubs
Notes: MLB.com's No. 28 prospect -- and his I-Cubs teammate below -- finally joins Anthony Rizzo in Chicago. Jackson, a 24-year-old center fielder, hit 15 homers and stole 27 bags in the Pacific Coast League but will have to cut down his strikeout total (158 in 106 games) in the bigs. He recorded his first MLB hit on Aug. 5.
Josh Vitters	CHC	Promoted from Triple-A Iowa to Cubs
Javier Baez	CHC	Promoted from Class A Peoria to Class A Adv. Daytona
Notes: MLB.com's No. 50 prospect got off to a slow start by design this season, but he sure has sped up. Baez, a 19-year-old shortstop, posted .333/.383/.596 marks for the Midwest League's Chiefs prior to his callup. He doubled and drove in three runs at Daytona on 8/7.
Fabio Martinez	CLE	Claimed off waivers, assigned to Class A Adv. Carolina
Brandon Short	CWS	Assigned to Class A Adv. Winston-Salem (torn labrum)
Keenyn Walker	CWS	Activated off Class A Adv. Winston-Salem DL (shoulder)
Marcus Semien	CWS	Activated off Class A Adv. Winston-Salem DL (knee)
Charles Leesman	CWS	Placed on, activated off Triple-A Charlotte DL
Bruce Rondon	DET	Promoted from Double-A Erie to Triple-A Toledo
George Springer	HOU	Promoted to Double-A Corpus Christi
Marc Krauss	HOU	Promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City
Telvin Nash	HOU	Activated off Class A Adv. Lancaster DL (ankle)
Christian Colon	KC	Promoted from Double-A NW Arkansas to Triple-A Omaha
Andrew Romine	LAA	Demoted from Angels to Triple-A Salt Lake
David Carpenter	LAA	Promoted from Triple-A Salt Lake to Angels
Zack Cox	MIA	Activated off Double-A Jacksonville DL (hamstring)
Jean Segura	MIL	Promoted from Double-A Huntsville to Brewers
Notes: MLB.com's No. 38 prospect didn't have much time alongside Scooter Gennett after all. The 22-year-old shortstop went 13-for-30 at the plate in his first eight games following the July 27 trade from Los Angeles. Though Milwaukee has filled a void up the middle, it has done so with a player who, in most scouts' eyes, is in need of additional seasoning in the Minors. Segura recorded his first MLB hit on Aug. 8.
Jed Bradley	MIL	Placed on Class A Adv. Brevard County DL (arm fatigue)
Johnny Hellweg	MIL	Placed on Double-A Huntsville DL (minimizing his innings)
Logan Schafer	MIL	Activated off Triple-A Nashville DL
Kyle Gibson	MIN	Assigned to Class A Adv. Fort Myers (elbow surgery)
Zack Wheeler	NYM	Promoted from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Buffalo
Notes: MLB.com's No. 21 prospect was uneven in his International League debut on Aug. 6, yielding two runs on three hits and four walks over 4 2/3 frames. Improved command -- the kind of control he showed consistently for the B-Mets -- would serve him well if the final month of 2012 is to be his last in the Minors.
Cesar Puello	NYM	Activated off Class A Adv. St. Lucie DL (hamstring)
Austin Romine	NYY	Assigned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (back)
Miles Head	OAK	Activated off Double-A Midland DL (concussion)
Blake Hassebrock	OAK	Demoted from Class A Adv. Stockton to Class A Burlington
Ian Krol	OAK	Promoted from Class A Adv. Stockton to Double-A Midland
Yordy Cabrera	OAK	Activated off Class A Adv. Stockton DL (back)
David Freitas	OAK	Traded from Nationals, assigned to Double-A Midland
Michael Taylor	OAK	Promoted to A's, demoted to Triple-A Sacramento
Derek Norris	OAK	Promoted from Triple-A Sacramento to A's
Jeff Locke	PIT	Promoted from Triple-A Indianapolis to Pirates
Kyle McPherson	PIT	Promoted from Double-A Altoona to Triple-A Indianapolis
Casey Kelly	SD	Assigned to Double-A San Antonio (elbow strain)
Keyvius Sampson	SD	Placed on Double-A San Antonio DL
Heath Hembree	SF	Assigned to Class A Adv. San Jose (elbow strain)
Michael Blazek	STL	Demoted from Triple-A Memphis to Double-A Springfield
Alex Torres	TB	Placed on Triple-A Durham DL
Dwight Smith	TOR	Promoted to Class A Short-Season Vancouver
Adeiny Hechavarria	TOR	Promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas to Blue Jays
Anthony Rendon	WAS	Promoted to Class A Adv. Potomac
Chris Marrero	WAS	Assigned to Class A Short-Season Auburn (hamstring)
Sandy Leon	WAS	Demoted from Nationals to Triple-A Syracuse
Zack Walters	WAS	Promoted from Double-A Harrisburg to Triple-A Syracuse
Destin Hood	WAS	Placed on, activated off Double-A Harrisburg DL (groin)

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