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03-11-2014, 08:28 PM
Mi**r Moves: Martinez, Erbe, Liz, Olmsted
Here are some mi**r moves from around the league...
The*Angels have signed righty Joe Martinez (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martijo07.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league pact, per the club's official transactions page (http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=ana). The 31-year-old Martinez made a pair of appearances for the Indians last season, allowing one run in five innings. He has a 5.82 ERA in 55 2/3 career innings between the Giants, D'Backs, Pirates and Indians and a 4.75 ERA in 548 Triple-A innings.*
Right-hander Brandon Erbe (http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi**rs/player.cgi?id=erbe--001bra&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) has signed a mi**r league deal with the*Rockies, according to the team's transactions page (http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=col#month=3&year=2014&team_id=115). Erbe, 26, ranked as the game's **. 27 prospect heading into the 2007 season, per Baseball Prospectus, but 2010 shoulder surgery has stalled his once-promising career. The former third-round pick has thrown just 45 mi**r league innings over the past three seasons as he's battled back from a torn labrum.*
The*Blue Jays*signed right-hander Radhames Liz (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lizra01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league contract, Baseball America's Matt Eddy tweeted (https://twitter.com/MattEddyBA/status/442092952085856256) this weekend. The 30-year-old was once among the game's Top 100 prospects, per BA, but hasn't pitched in the Majors since 2009. Liz has spent the past three seasons pitching for the LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization and led the league in strikeouts last season with 188. However, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet reported (via Twitter (https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/442291619380068352)) that he'll begin the season rehabbing a knee injury. Liz had a 7.50 ERA in 110 1/3 Major League innings with the Orioles from 2007-09.
Brewers*senior director of media relations Mike Vassallo tweets (https://twitter.com/MikeVassallo13/status/443068985869746176) that the club has released right-hander Michael Olmsted (http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi**rs/player.cgi?id=olmste001mic&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com). Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/249309961.html) spoke with manager Ron Roenicke about the decision to release the 6'6", 282-pound right-hander. Roenicke said they simply wanted to give Olmsted a chance to get an opportunity elsewhere rather than releasing him later in the spring. Olmsted posted a 5.88 ERA in 59 2/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A for the Brew Crew last season, but the 26-year-old has an excellent 3.02 ERA with 11.1 K/9 and 3.7 BB/9 in his mi**r league career.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?a=JlXPwfGSeBI:RRHlAkA3-lE:yIl2AUoC8zA)
Here are some mi**r moves from around the league...
The*Angels have signed righty Joe Martinez (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martijo07.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league pact, per the club's official transactions page (http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=ana). The 31-year-old Martinez made a pair of appearances for the Indians last season, allowing one run in five innings. He has a 5.82 ERA in 55 2/3 career innings between the Giants, D'Backs, Pirates and Indians and a 4.75 ERA in 548 Triple-A innings.*
Right-hander Brandon Erbe (http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi**rs/player.cgi?id=erbe--001bra&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) has signed a mi**r league deal with the*Rockies, according to the team's transactions page (http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=col#month=3&year=2014&team_id=115). Erbe, 26, ranked as the game's **. 27 prospect heading into the 2007 season, per Baseball Prospectus, but 2010 shoulder surgery has stalled his once-promising career. The former third-round pick has thrown just 45 mi**r league innings over the past three seasons as he's battled back from a torn labrum.*
The*Blue Jays*signed right-hander Radhames Liz (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lizra01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com) to a mi**r league contract, Baseball America's Matt Eddy tweeted (https://twitter.com/MattEddyBA/status/442092952085856256) this weekend. The 30-year-old was once among the game's Top 100 prospects, per BA, but hasn't pitched in the Majors since 2009. Liz has spent the past three seasons pitching for the LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization and led the league in strikeouts last season with 188. However, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet reported (via Twitter (https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/442291619380068352)) that he'll begin the season rehabbing a knee injury. Liz had a 7.50 ERA in 110 1/3 Major League innings with the Orioles from 2007-09.
Brewers*senior director of media relations Mike Vassallo tweets (https://twitter.com/MikeVassallo13/status/443068985869746176) that the club has released right-hander Michael Olmsted (http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi**rs/player.cgi?id=olmste001mic&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.typepad.com). Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/249309961.html) spoke with manager Ron Roenicke about the decision to release the 6'6", 282-pound right-hander. Roenicke said they simply wanted to give Olmsted a chance to get an opportunity elsewhere rather than releasing him later in the spring. Olmsted posted a 5.88 ERA in 59 2/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A for the Brew Crew last season, but the 26-year-old has an excellent 3.02 ERA with 11.1 K/9 and 3.7 BB/9 in his mi**r league career.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MlbTradeRumors?a=JlXPwfGSeBI:RRHlAkA3-lE:yIl2AUoC8zA)