Now that the Opening Day roster crunch is over, the focus — for now, at least — is to see where some of the players who were designated for assignment will go.
The Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers completed a minor league trade on Thursday, with the aptly-named Brewer Hicklen being acquired by Detroit. Per the Tigers PR group on social media: We have acquired OF Brewer Hicklen from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for a cash consideration.
The Brewers have designated outfielder Brewer Hicklen for assignment, per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. That’s the corresponding move to add first baseman Jake Bauers, a move that was previously reported.
The Brewers announced this morning that they’ve selected the contract of infielder/outfielder Isaac Collins. In corresponding moves, outfielder Brewer Hicklen was optioned to Triple-A and outfielder Christian Yelich was transferred to the 60-day injured list.
No, Brewer Hicklen probably isn't the next Blake Perkins, or Tobias Myers. He came into the Brewers organization at an older age than either of their recent, notable scrapheap scoop-ups, and there isn't a tool in his profile quite as impressive as Perkins's glove.
The Brewers have selected the contract of outfielder Brewer Hicklen, though he has been optioned and will stay at Triple-A Nashville. Infielder Oliver Dunn was transferred to the 60-day injured list to open a 40-man roster spot.
Offense combines for eight runs and ten hits. Box Score A rain delay couldn’t dampen the Brewers hot offense today. After the game started late due to weather, the Brewers offense heated up and they took an 8-2 win over the White Sox.
A homer for Brewer Hicklen put the Crew ahead in the eighth Box Score The Brewers finally earned their second win of spring training on Friday, taking down the Padres at American Family Fields of Phoenix by a final of 4-3.