Catching Up on Transactions

If you’ve recovered from the excitement of the Nats hiring another 30-something to join the front office, we bring you an increasingly less common staple of the offseason: News of the recent minor-league free agents signing with Washington (assignments if available):

• RHP Tyler Baum (Rochester)
• RHP Johan Otanez (Rochester)
• OF Leandro Pineda (Rochester)
• RHP Eddy Yean (Rochester
• RHP Amin Ramirez (DSL)

Longtime (old-time?) readers may recognize Eddy Yean as “the other guy” along with then-prospect Wil Crowe in a 2020 trade for 1B/DH Josh Bell. Remembering that gets you a coffee (along with $2, natch).

The rest of the signings at the AAA level are the usual restocking for this year’s departures. For those wondering about Amin Ramirez, this appears to be the usual signing of an “old” IFA, one which the MLB interns appear to have made a typo while entering him into the system.

We now remind you that today is the day answer the phone like Buddy the Elf