Any changes to the 40-man roster need to go here as the season progress. No rumors or speculation, please. Put those in the daily threads below.
First moves to report were Sunday: Ian Thomas and Aaron Northcraft placed on 40-man; Carlos Perez and Ryan Buchter dropped off.
Monday moves:
Atlanta Braves recalled Elmer Reyes from Gwinnett Braves.
Atlanta Braves recalled Tyler Pastornicky from Gwinnett Braves.
Atlanta Braves recalled Todd Cunningham from Gwinnett Braves.
Atlanta Braves activated RHP Shae Simmons from the 15-day disabled list.
Thought I'd post this to show what a train wreck the minor leagues were this season. Trust me, this is a HUGE number to have out for the season....
Reinstated from the DL:
RHP Tyler Brosius, RHP Dakota Dill, RHP Cody Fassold, RHP Mark Lamm, RHP Cody Scarpetta, RHP Michael Swanner, RHP Ryan Weber, LHP Chuck Buchanan, LHP Chris Diaz, LHP Felix Falcon, LHP Nelson Leon, LHP Luis Merejo, LHP Luis Perez, LHP Ian Thomas, C Robinson Cancel, C Anthony Nunez, C Jose Yepez, 1B Erik Castro, 1B Trenton Moses, 1B Edison Sanchez, 2B Gerald Chin, 2B Mikey Reynolds (suspended), SS Tyler Pastornicky, OF Keith Curcio, OF Josh Elander, OF Robby Hefflinger, OF Matt Lipka, OF David Nick, OF Victor Reyes
JohnAdcox (10-01-2014), jpx7 (10-19-2014), Powder Blues (10-01-2014)
Three of their minor league free agents were quickly re-signed along with another interesting FA pickup:
Atlanta Braves
Signed: RHP Ryan Kelly (re-signed), RHP Felix Marte (re-signed), C Braeden Schlehuber (re-signed), SS Alex Aquino (Can't find so much as an age on him; help!)
I think it may have been Greg Aquino, not Alex, there's no Alex Aquino who's played an inning of professional baseball.
That being said, BBA's MFA tracker doesn't have us signing him, so I'm confused.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
It was in BBA's minor league transactions! Might be an int'l kid who just turned 16?Originally Posted by zitothebrave
I got to see Kevin Ahrens quite a bit this year, nice player. Good glove, above average arm, decent speed, solid 3B. Hard line drive swing, any lift and the HR totals would be higher. He had other offers but wanted to stay in the Braves organization.
I haven't seen an update of the 40 man roster but Cedric Hunter's absence from the list of 6 year minor league free agents leads me to conclude he has been added to the 40 man.
I will try to confirm and post that FA list here as soon as I can this weekend.
Published by Baseball America and released Friday...
Minor League Free Agents
Atlanta Braves
RHP: Mitch Atkins (AA), Terry Doyle (AAA), Zach Stewart (AAA)
LHP: Ryan Buchter (AAA),Luis Perez (AAA), Atahualpa Severino (AAA)
C: Steve Lerud (AAA), Anthony Nunez (Hi A)
1B: Rich Poythress (AA)
2B: Donnie Murphy (AAA)
SS: Sean Kazmar (AAA), Ozzie Martinez (AAA), Gustavo Nunez (AA)
OF: Brandon Boggs (AAA), Jose Martinez (Hi A)
Of these, Atkins had the best season, Martinez is a bully playing way beneath his skills again this year.
catcher10 (11-09-2014)
Wang, Whiteside and Veal signed to minor league deals.
Almonte signed to a major league contract.
Mcollier, It's all about Graham's health. Big time shoulder problems. Check the links I posted.
I hate to hear that we lost Graham and then picked up Winkler when both have health issues. Graham's must be more severe. Hopefully Winkler is successful for the Braves.
Shoulder issues generally are much much more severe than arm problems, not always but most of the time. The success rate of someone coming back from TJ is pretty darn good after rehab with a few hiccups while a minor should injury could be a career devestating event....example Tommy Hanson.
It used to be the other way around. Graham had a lot of ups and downs in 2014 and would have these starts where he couldn't make it out of the first inning. Don't know the reason why, but there's no question his setbacks have eroded his prospect status and that's why the Braves made him available.
Don't know much about Winkler. He does take up a roster spot, but I wonder if he can be placed on the 60-day DL almost immediately, which would open up a spot on the 40-man roster.
Not surprised that no one ventured a chance on Cody Martin.
It hurts to lose Graham, but I'm glad we kept Martin. I think he's going to surprise a lot of people.
My understanding is that you can't put anyone on the 60-day DL until spring training or thereabouts. It sounds like the Braves are really high on Michael Kohn (who's on a minor league deal), so one way to think about this is that Kohn will just take Winkler's spot once he's DL'd . . . assuming Kohn heads north.
The Braves are looking at a definite 40-man roster crunch. Guys like Pastornicky and Jaime are close to dead-man-walking status at this point. If they end up trading Justin and / or Evan in a move that brings back more than one player, they'll likely be seeking prospects that don't need to be on the 40-man as part of the return.
50PoundHead (12-12-2014)
Huge win for the Nats. Love the return they got.
Rays got ripped off. I don't understand it
Padres are huge winners here, the Nationals coming in a solid 2nd, and the Rays, well I just can't imagine what the hell they are thinking. They got absolutely roasted in this deal.
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