MLB Trade Rumors

The Brewers announced that outfielder Drew Avans has been claimed off waivers from the Athletics and assigned to Triple-A.  The A’s designated Avans earlier this week. A 33rd-round pick for the Dodgers in 2018, Avans had spent his entire career in the L.A. organization before he signed with the Athletics this past offseason.  The move paved the way for Avans’ Major League … [Read more...] about Brewers Claim Drew Avans

Brewers left-hander Tyler Alexander passed through waivers unclaimed after being designated for assignment and rejected an outright assignment to Triple-A, per Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. He’s elected free agency instead and is now clear to explore opportunities with any team. Alexander, 30, inked a one-year deal worth a guaranteed $1MM over the winter. He’s … [Read more...] about Tyler Alexander Elects Free Agency

Brandon Woodruff’s attempt to return to the MLB rotation has hit another snag. The Brewers announced Thursday afternoon that the veteran starter suffered a right elbow contusion during yesterday’s rehab start at Triple-A Nashville. Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports that the team expects the injury to sideline Woodruff for a few weeks. He has been pulled off his rehab … [Read more...] about Brandon Woodruff Pulled Off Rehab Stint With Elbow Contusion

The Brewers announced this morning that they’ve designated left-hander Tyler Alexander for assignment. The move makes room for southpaw Jose Quintana to be activated from the injured list. Alexander, 31 next month, has pitched to an ugly 6.19 ERA in 36 1/3 innings of work to this point in the season. That’s 35% worse than league average by ERA+, but it must be noted that … [Read more...] about Brewers Designate Tyler Alexander For Assignment

Right-hander Joel Payamps passed through outright waivers unclaimed and has been assigned to Triple-A Nashville after his recent DFA, the Brewers announced Thursday. Payamps has enough service time to reject the outright assignment in favor of free agency, but doing so would require surrendering the rest of this year’s $2.995MM guarantee. As such, he’s overwhelmingly likely to … [Read more...] about Brewers Outright Joel Payamps