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Friday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball — ... that was for the Huntsville Stars. It's kinda bleak down there, but Jonathan Lucroy is a nice bright spot. Actually, statistics would suggest it was pretty bleak all over the Brewer minor leagues this season. Baseball America has the final batting leaderboards for 2009, and the only Brewer appearances are among the leaders in stolen bases (Eric Farris had 70) and strikeouts (Brock Kjeldgaard, Joe Koshansky and Brendan Katin all made the list). As noted in BA's Minor League Transactions, the Brewers released 12 minor leaguers yesterday (FanShot). ...

Campillo, Carlyle, and Nunez granted free agency
Sports Page Atlanta — Talking Chop Talking Chop The Atlanta Braves blog of record Home FanPosts FanShots Archives Braves Schedule Roster Stats Campillo, Carlyle, and Nunez granted free agency Pitchers Jorge Campillo, Buddy Carlyle, and Vladimir Nunez were all outrighted to triple-A by the Braves, then granted free agency. I'd like to point out that I predicted all of these moves. Reid Gorecki was also outrighted to triple-A, but he is still under club control. (hat tip: sddbaker) Link 35 minutes ago ...

Royals Sign Reggie Taylor, While it is Time to Learn How to Spell "Carlyle"
Royals Review — From BA:   Atlanta Braves Granted free agency: RHP Jorge Campillo, RHP Buddy Carlyle, RHP Vladimir Nunez Carlyle one of those really tough last names to spell: its a tough word to say, and there's that damn Carlisle variation that's always throwing everyone off. Of these three, Campillo, Carlyle, and Nunez, who is most likely to become a Royal? The Royals have also signed minor league OF Reggie Taylor, after a rigorous tryout was ...

Odds & Ends: Strasburg, Kikuchi, Rangers
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... out in the desert this year. According to Kyodo News, Yusei Kikuchi "said on Saturday all 12 Japanese baseball clubs would be appealing, if he decides to play in Japan." Never a bad thing to keep your options open. USA Today's Bob Nightengale says the Rangers will ask for one final bid next month, and "are expected to be sold for about $525 to $550 million." Courtesy of Baseball America's latest minor league transactions, you can add about two-dozen players to the free agent pool. Among ...

Round 'em Up: Monday 10.19.09
Milwaukee Brewers Blog - Bernie's Crew — ... perform well against minor league pitching.  His OBP is currently above .400, which is further evidence of his fine plate discipline.  I remain highly skeptical of his chances of being a everyday major league player, but he simply continues to produce. Adam McCalvy tweets about the rough start to the Arizona Fall League by Josh Butler.  I imagine he wished to pitch a bit better than two innings of three run ball with five hits and three walks. Baseball America lists the minor league players that Milwaukee chose to part ways with this ...

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... As you learned from Baseball America's Matt Eddy a week ago, righties Jorge Campillo, Buddy Carlyle, and Vladimir Nunez were granted free agency.  ...