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12-20-2013, 10:35 PM
Mi**r Moves: Seibu, Below, Maier, McCutchen
Here's the roundup of today's mi**r transactions, with the latest moves at the top of the page...
The Seibu Lions have an**unced the signings of infielder Cody Ransom (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ransoco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), right-hander Michael Bowden (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bowdemi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and left-handers Randy Williams (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willira01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and Porfirio Lopez (http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi**rs/player.cgi?id=lopez-001por&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) (passed on by NPB Tracker's Patrick Newman (https://twitter.com/npbtracker/status/413905732610707456)).* Seibu also ann**unced the signing of righty Greg Rey**lds (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rey**gr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), which we heard about yesterday (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/12/mi**r-moves-van-den-hurk-ishikawa-martinez.html).
The Tigers signed left-hander Duane Below (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/belowdu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league deal with a Spring Training invite, MLive.com's James Schmehl reports (Twitter link (https://twitter.com/jamesschmehl/status/413112514205859840)).* Below is back in Detroit after being designated for assignment (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/04/tigers-designate-duane-below-for-assignment.html) last April, and he also pitched for the Marlins' Triple-A affiliate and for Korea's Kia Tigers in 2013.* Below posted a 4.27 ERA, 2.14 K/BB rate and 5.2 K/9 over 78 Major League innings with the Tigers.
The Cubs have signed outfielder Mitch Maier (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maiermi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league contract with a Spring Training invitation, the team an**unced.* Maier spent 2013 with the Red Sox Triple-A affiliate and posted an .882 OPS, though he only received 137 PA due to a wrist injury.* Maier, 31, was drafted by the Royals with the 30th overall pick of the 2003 draft and he hit .253/.332/.346 over 1043 PA with Kansas City from 2006-11.
The Rangers have signed right-hander Daniel McCutchen (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccutda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league deal, according to the Sosnick/Cobbe Sports' Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/SosnickCobbe/status/413789662834999296) (McCutchen's agents).* McCutchen posted a 3.43 ERA, 8.1 K/9 and 3.60 K/BB rate over 60 1/3 combined innings for the Orioles' Double-A and Triple-A affiliates, though his season didn't begin untl late May due to a 50-game suspension (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/04/daniel-mccutchen-suspended-for-positive-ped-test.html) for a failed PED test.* The 31-year-old Texas native has a career 4.77 ERA over 188 2/3 IP with the Pirates from 2009-12.
The Orioles signed righty Fabio Castillo (http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi**rs/player.cgi?id=castil001fab&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league deal with a Spring Training invite, the team an**unced.* Though Castillo doesn't turn 25 until February, he already has eight years of pro baseball under his belt, posting a 4.63 ERA, 8.3 K/9 and 2.01 K/BB rate over 514 2/3 IP over his mi**r league career.* Castillo pitched in the Giants' system in 2013 after spending the previous seven years with the Rangers.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?a=UFvYqfu1qOU:AGSgorxtsX0:yIl2AUoC8 zA)
Here's the roundup of today's mi**r transactions, with the latest moves at the top of the page...
The Seibu Lions have an**unced the signings of infielder Cody Ransom (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ransoco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), right-hander Michael Bowden (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bowdemi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and left-handers Randy Williams (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willira01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) and Porfirio Lopez (http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi**rs/player.cgi?id=lopez-001por&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) (passed on by NPB Tracker's Patrick Newman (https://twitter.com/npbtracker/status/413905732610707456)).* Seibu also ann**unced the signing of righty Greg Rey**lds (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rey**gr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com), which we heard about yesterday (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/12/mi**r-moves-van-den-hurk-ishikawa-martinez.html).
The Tigers signed left-hander Duane Below (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/belowdu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league deal with a Spring Training invite, MLive.com's James Schmehl reports (Twitter link (https://twitter.com/jamesschmehl/status/413112514205859840)).* Below is back in Detroit after being designated for assignment (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/04/tigers-designate-duane-below-for-assignment.html) last April, and he also pitched for the Marlins' Triple-A affiliate and for Korea's Kia Tigers in 2013.* Below posted a 4.27 ERA, 2.14 K/BB rate and 5.2 K/9 over 78 Major League innings with the Tigers.
The Cubs have signed outfielder Mitch Maier (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maiermi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league contract with a Spring Training invitation, the team an**unced.* Maier spent 2013 with the Red Sox Triple-A affiliate and posted an .882 OPS, though he only received 137 PA due to a wrist injury.* Maier, 31, was drafted by the Royals with the 30th overall pick of the 2003 draft and he hit .253/.332/.346 over 1043 PA with Kansas City from 2006-11.
The Rangers have signed right-hander Daniel McCutchen (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccutda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league deal, according to the Sosnick/Cobbe Sports' Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/SosnickCobbe/status/413789662834999296) (McCutchen's agents).* McCutchen posted a 3.43 ERA, 8.1 K/9 and 3.60 K/BB rate over 60 1/3 combined innings for the Orioles' Double-A and Triple-A affiliates, though his season didn't begin untl late May due to a 50-game suspension (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/04/daniel-mccutchen-suspended-for-positive-ped-test.html) for a failed PED test.* The 31-year-old Texas native has a career 4.77 ERA over 188 2/3 IP with the Pirates from 2009-12.
The Orioles signed righty Fabio Castillo (http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi**rs/player.cgi?id=castil001fab&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league deal with a Spring Training invite, the team an**unced.* Though Castillo doesn't turn 25 until February, he already has eight years of pro baseball under his belt, posting a 4.63 ERA, 8.3 K/9 and 2.01 K/BB rate over 514 2/3 IP over his mi**r league career.* Castillo pitched in the Giants' system in 2013 after spending the previous seven years with the Rangers.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?a=UFvYqfu1qOU:AGSgorxtsX0:yIl2AUoC8 zA)