We'll keep you posted on all of today's minor deals right here:
- The Royals officially announced that they signed right-hander Steven Shell and outfielder Brett Carroll to minor league deals. The team also re-signed Luis Mendoza, Julio Pimentel, Cody Clark, Irving Falu, Mario Lisson and Jamie Romak to minor league deals.
- The Twins signed left-hander Phil Dumatrait to a minor-league deal, according to Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The 29-year-old has a 7.06 ERA in 109 2/3 career innings, most of which he logged for the Pirates. Dumatrait has walked 65 and struck out 68 in his big league career. He started 8 games at Triple-A for the Tigers in 2010, walking more batters than he struck out.
- The Twins also signed former Red Sox Jeff Bailey to a minor league deal. Bailey batted .289/.387/.462 in 564 plate appearances for Arizona's Triple-A affililate last year. The former second-round pick has 176 minor league home runs to his name.
- The Phillies signed Jeff Larish to a minor league deal, according to MLB.com's Todd Zolecki (on Twitter). The 28-year-old batted .179/.267/.313 in 75 plate appearances for the Tigers and A's in 2010. He has played first, third and left field in his three-year MLB career.
Dr. Frank N Furter
I follow Korean baseball and Dumatrait signed with Korean baseball team LG Twins this May and got ROCKED pretty bad. 4-6, 8.22 ERA and only 29k’s in 61.1IP. ouch. Good for him to get a minor league contract here
Daniel Wesley
The Royals resigning Mendoza is a bit of a head scratcher.
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2011 AL Cy Yong: Phil Dumatrait
JST1331
I really like the Jeff Larish signing.
Natinals
I really hope Larish establishes himself in Philly at some position. The guys got so much power but he just cant make consistent contact
Ian_Smell
Irving Falu has the coolest name in baseball.
woadude
I remember Jeff Baily being in a lot of Red Sox dumb trade proposals, a few years from now we will read another minors transaction with Lars Anderson.