Minor League Transactions - Updated

Just received an email from the Diamondbacks announcing the following Minor League transactions:

Outright (trade) to Durham (TB) from Reno (ARI):  Matt Torra
Transferred from AAA Reno to AA Mobile:  Tom Layne
Transferred from AA Mobile to AAA Reno:  Wade Miley
Transferred from R Missoula to SA Yakima:  Westley Moss

The first three are former Silver Hawks.  I'm not sure who Torra was traded for with the Rays.  I'm trying to find out.  (UPDATE:  Found out Torra was traded for cash considerations.)
Bad news for Layne in that he's going backwards.  Good news for Miley, who pitched for South Bend in 2009.

Big League Roster Moves

This came in on Sunday, but I'm just now getting around to posting it.  Like last time, bolded names will be ones that appear that they are headed to South Bend, italicized names are former Silver Hawks.

(PHOENIX) — The Arizona Diamondbacks announced today they have optioned right-handed pitchers Josh Collmenter and Kevin Mulvey, left-handed pitcher Zach Kroenke, catcher John Hester and outfielder Cole Gillespie to Triple-A Reno, left-handed pitcher Leyson Septimo to Double-A Mobile and right-handed pitcher Yonata Ortega to Single-A Advanced Visalia and reassigned right-handed pitchers Jarrod Parker and Daniel Stange, left-handed pitcher Wade Miley, infielders Paul Goldschmidt and Chris Owings and outfielders Collin Cowgill and A.J. Pollock to minor league camp, according to D-backs’ Executive Vice President and General Manager Kevin Towers.

The D-backs’ now have 40 players in Major League camp, 32 on the 40-man roster and 8 non-roster players.

Minor League Transactions

A few minor league moves involving former Silver Hawks, but no current members of the team:

Transferred from Mobile to Extended Spring Training: Matt Torra
Transferred from Visalia to Mobile: Patrick McAnaney
Transferred from Extended Spring Training to Visalia: Ryan Cook

More Minor League Transactions

Baseball America is back with their latest blog post of Minor League Tranactions. All the signings, trades, and releases of the past few weeks can be found here:
http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=7493

Enjoy!

Minor League Transactions

Over at www.baseballamerica.com, they list all the latest Minor League transactions for all 30 major league teams in a blog. They're usually a week or so behind, but it gives you a chance to see who has been doing what at the lower levels.

Click here for the transactions of late December. Reminder: These aren't just Diamondbacks transactions, these are for all 30 farm systems.

A Few MiLB Transactions

Eli Rumler moved from double-A to high-A.

Manny Ferrer placed on the restricted list.

Derrick Walker was released.

All three are former Silver Hawks. I have no idea why Ferrer is on the restricted list. I'm sad to see Walker released, but he was only hitting .200 at high-A Visalia.

Other Diamondbacks Transactions

All of these have been in the last few days, and involved former Silver Hawks.

Today --
OF Colin Cowgill placed the DL in high-A Visalia with a fractured right hand (thus creating the spot for Brendan Duffy -- see post below)

Yesterday --
P Jarrod Parker placed on the Double-A Mobile DL with a wrist contusion.
P Chase Christianson promoted from Visalia to Mobile.
P Victor Capellan (pitched with South Bend for two games) promoted to Visalia roster from extended spring.

Saturday --
P Billy Spottiswood promoted from Visalia to Triple-A Reno

Latest Transactions in the System

Some recent transactions from the Diamondbacks

May 15, 2009
Placed on the Restricted List (Reno) due to violation of the Minor League Drug Testing Program: Agustin Murillo (Need more info, click here)
Signed a 1-year Minor League contract: Abraham Nunez (assigned to Reno)

May 13, 2009
Transferred from A Visalia to AA Mobile: Sean Coughlin
Transferred from SA Yakima to AA Mobile: Greg Bordes
Transferred from SA Yakima to A Visalia: Jhoan Pimentel

Transaction Involving Former Hawk

Former Silver Hawk Vince Bongiovanni has been traded to the Blue Jays organization and will report to high-A Dunedin. Former Hawk Reid Mahon will take his place on the double-A Mobile roster.

The only thing I can find says that Bongiovanni has been traded for future considerations. Bongiovanni was 2-0 with a 6.00 ERA in five games with Mobile.

Lots of posts today, including four posts of pictures. Enjoy them all. Back with the lineup shortly.

More Minor League Transactions

From the Diamondbacks:

Placed on the Voluntarily Retired List: Mike Mee ('08 Silver Hawk)

Released: Bill Musselman ('o8 Silver Hawk)
Eddie Romero ('07 Silver Hawk)

Same old story for most of these guys, age versus level, combined with past history. I guess Mike Mee retiring is a surprise, but you never know the motives behind it. Some guys have families, some might have other plans, some have injuries, and some guys just realize that the odds of them making it to the majors aren't very good, and it's better to get on with the rest of your life. Not knowing Mike, I would have no idea his reasons behind retiring. Even still, as with all these guys, we wish them the best.

Minor League Transactions

Here are some of the latest transactions in the Diamondbacks minor-league system according to Baseball America (http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?cat=7):

(Note: I bolded and added in the years that each player was in South Bend.)

Arizona Diamondbacks

Released: RHP Jason Durst, RHP Matt Green, RHP Jailen Peguero, RHP Kyle Wright ('06), LHP Forrest Cory ('06)

Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Cesar Valdez ('07), RHP Esmerling Vasquez, LHP Jon Coutlangus

Optioned to Double-A: RHP Jose Marte, RHP Kyler Newby ('06), LHP Clay Zavada ('08), SS Pedro Ciriaco ('06)

Optioned to high Class A: LHP Leyson Septimo ('06)

My comments: Obviously you feel bad for the guys at the top of the list that got released. Kyle Wright was 8-12 with a 4.03 ERA in four minor league seasons, all in A-ball or below. Forrest Cory surprises me a bit. He was coming off a tough season, but he's had success in the past including an 8-1 season at Visalia in '07.

I'm not surprised to see Clay Zavada go to double-A, as he was flat out dominant in South Bend last season. There was really no need to waste a year of his development in high-A, so the D-backs decided to challenge him in Mobile.

Finally, Silver Hawks fans will remember Leyson Septimo as a rightfielder with a cannon for an arm. The problem was, he never hit like they thought he would. So the D-Backs decided to make him a pitcher. He went 0-2 last season as a pitcher in high-A, and will start there to begin this season it appears.