Prospect Transactions: Aug. 3-9
Shortstops on the move: Baez, Machado, Bogaerts, Segura
Player | Org | Move | |
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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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