Teams are making procedural moves left and right as they finalize their Opening Day rosters. Here's the latest on some minor deals from around the majors…
- The Royals granted minor league left-hander Ben Swaggerty his release, according to MLB Reports (on Twitter). The 28-year-old has a 3.35 ERA with 10.4 K/9 and 4.7 BB/9 in four minor league seasons as a reliever.
- The Rangers signed Luis Cruz after the Brewers released him, according to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News (on Twitter). The infielder is playing short for the Rangers' Triple-A affiliate tonight.
- The Brewers released a number of minor leaguers besides Cruz and Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has all the details.
- The Pirates are "looking hard" into an external move, according to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Twitter links). Pittsburgh would like to add pitching.
I wish my last name was Swaggerty…
I was thinking the exact same thing.
I say the Angels give Scott Kazmir to the Pirates for a picture of Honus Wagner.
Even the Pirates aren’t that desperate.
the Pirates should go after Kevin Slowey the Pittsburgh guy, im a little uneasy about the possibility of signing Carlos Silva
If the Pirates wanted Slowey they’d better be willing to trade away Hanrahan and probably another prospect. The Twins look contempt at keeping him and I, as a Twins fan, wouldn’t mind keeping him either. He has looked fantastic in Spring and his fastball as a reliever is 93-94 with great control. He reminds me of a better Matt Guerrier.
Buc wont go after slowey the twins r asking too much thts why they r prob gonna pick some one up via free agents
They could go after Slowey. And in my comment I said “If the Pirates wanted Slowey.”
Anybody know why Swaggerty was released? Those numbers are pretty good and he’s a lefty, which is always a plus.
Is Ben Sheets Available?
It appears that the Pirates were “looking hard” at Tim Wood … apparently no double entendre was intended.
But seriously, unless it’s a minor league contract I wish they’d looked elsewhere.
If the the Bucs are seriously trading Doumit, through two games his only value is as a DH. His defense is absolutelely abysmal.