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INJURY REPORT

David Wang, SF [out for season / Elbow, surgery]

Danny Lukasiewicz, LA [out for season / Forearm, nerve irritation]


OTHER INJURIES

AUS - Devon Payne [out for season / Elbow, stress fracture]
LR - Donn Overbay [60 day DL / Shoulder, sore]
NY - Woody Rossy [15 day DL / Shoulder, sprained]
RIC - Peter Ryu [15 day DL / Hamstring, strained/stiff/tight]
SCZ - Dweezil Flores [out for season / Elbow, surgery]



COMINGS AND GOINGS


FA SIGNINGS

LR - Al Calderon [1 yr/$1.0M]
NY - Walter Hemingway [1 yr/$1.0M]



IFA SIGNINGS

Eugenio Cortez, AUS [MILB w/STI, $14.7M Bonus]

OTHER IFA SIGNINGS

JAC - Tony Beltre [MILB, $370K Bonus]
..........Rafael Martinez [MILB, $1.0M Bonus]
..........Yusmeiro Caballero [MILB w/STI, $1.5M Bonus]
..........Ivan Diaz [MILB, $550K Bonus]
LV - Yuniesky Owen [MILB w/STI, $11.2M Bonus]
RIC - Emil Dominguez [MILB w/STI, $12.1M Bonus]
SD - Alejandro Gutierrez [MILB w/STI, $8.1M Bonus]
..........Hideo Kata [MILB, $2.7M Bonus]
SYR - Enrique Villano [MILB, $390K Bonus]
..........Jumbo Mota [MILB, $370K Bonus]



WAIVER CLAIMS

SYR - Brian Riske



DEMOTIONS

NONE



TRANSACTION OF THE WEEK

AUSTIN SIGNS IFA STEAL

It's not very often that a young catcher with a ton of potential enters the world. For the Austin Bats, one just happened to fall directly into their laps. The Bats came to terms with Eugenio Cortez on a minor league contract. Cortez has been called a poor man's Milt Kipling. Extreme power with the ability to hit for average, and excels against both lefties and righties. He has above average defense behind the plate as well. Pitch calling could improve, but Cortez enters Shoeless Joe as arguably the top catching prospect in the entire world. Yeah, he's that good folks.