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OF Tyrone Taylor and LHP Quinton Torres-Costa join Shuckers in Sunday's roster shuffle

Michael Reed has been placed on the 7-day DL and 1B Art Charles has been released
Tyrone Taylor has played in 267 games for the Shuckers over the last two seasons. (M.K. Krebs)
July 9, 2017

JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Milwaukee Brewers announced several roster moves prior to Sunday's series opener in Jacksonville. OF Tyrone Taylor  has been transferred to Double-A Biloxi from a rehab assignment with the AZL Brewers. LHP Quintin Torres-Costa  has been transferred to Double-A Biloxi from A+ Carolina and placed on Biloxi's temporary inactive list.

JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Milwaukee Brewers announced several roster moves prior to Sunday's series opener in Jacksonville. OF Tyrone Taylor  has been transferred to Double-A Biloxi from a rehab assignment with the AZL Brewers. LHP Quintin Torres-Costa  has been transferred to Double-A Biloxi from A+ Carolina and placed on Biloxi's temporary inactive list. OF Michael Reed  has been placed on the 7-day disabled list. C AJ Murray has been transferred to Double-A Biloxi and placed on the disabled list and 1B Art Charles was released from his minor league contract.

JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Milwaukee Brewers announced several roster moves prior to Sunday's series opener in Jacksonville. OF Tyrone Taylor  has been transferred to Double-A Biloxi from a rehab assignment with the AZL Brewers. LHP Quintin Torres-Costa  has been transferred to Double-A Biloxi from A+ Carolina and placed on Biloxi's temporary inactive list. OF Michael Reed  has been placed on the 7-day disabled list. C AJ Murray has been transferred to Double-A Biloxi and placed on the disabled list and 1B Art Charles was released from his minor league contract.
Taylor, 23, comes to the Shuckers after a rehab assignment with the AZL Brewers in which he batted .435 (10x23) with four home runs and seven RBI in seven games. The outfielder spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons in Biloxi, batting a combined .244 with 12 home runs and 77 RBI in 267 Double-A games.
Torres-Costa, 22, went 6-4 with a 3.77 earned run average in 23 relief appearances for the Advanced-A Carolina Mudcats. He struck out 66 batters in 45.1 innings pitched. The left-handed pitcher was drafted in the 35th round of the 2015 draft out of the University of Hawaii. Torres-Costa has been placed on Biloxi's temporary inactive list.
Reed, 24, was reinstated from the disabled list on Monday after missing time due to an ankle injury, but left Saturday night's game in the third inning after hitting an RBI single. The outfielder is batting .208 with seven home runs and 17 RBI for the Shuckers this season.
Murray, 24, played in three games for the Class-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers this season. He batted .125 with a double in eight at-bats.
Charles, 26, batted .176 with two home runs and 17 RBI in 43 games for the Shuckers this season. He had been on the disabled list since July 1.
Tuesday's move brings the current Shuckers roster to 25.
Click HERE to see the most up-to-date Shuckers roster. An updated PDF roster is attached to this email.
The Shuckers begin a big four-game road series at Jacksonville on Sunday night as they try to break a three-way tie atop the Southern League South. Corbin Burnes gets the start in the opener at 5:35 p.m. CT on the Biloxi Shuckers Radio Network's flagship station WGCM 1240 AM/100.9 FM and the TuneIn Radio app.
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