Oscar Gonzalez was re-signed to a minor league deal, making him electing free agency a procedural move. He is still eligible for the Rule 5 draft this year but since he is in our minor league system he can be added to the 40-man roster prior to that. My guess is that we wouldn't have re-signed him so soon if that wasn't the plan.
On a not-so-good-news but yet good news front, Juan Hillman had TJ surgery in October and so won't pitch next year, meaning the Indians probably didn't cut him so much because they didn't want him. They may have been doing it as a procedural move to not have him in the minor league organization at the time of the Rule 5 draft. That way they can sign him later this winter and not have him subject to the Rule 5 or clogging a Columbus roster spot causing the Guardians to leave another prospect unprotected. to the AAA portion of the draft.
Still salty about Francisco Perez, however.
Other good news is MiLB naming their organizational all-stars for the Guardians. Now, in all fairness, when MiLB or others provide these lists in many cases it is the prospect who played BEST at a particular position, the the best organizational prospects. So good for Trenton Brooks that he had the best season for a first base prospect in the Indians organization but all that means is that we don't really have any true first base prospects in the organization since Bobby Bradley matriculated to the majors.
Interestingly, Francisco Perez was selected as the reliever who had the best season in the Guardians' farm system and Oscar Gonzalez was rated as one of the three outfield prospects who performed the best. As we know I thought both should be rostered. At least Gonzalez is back in the fold now. It would look pretty stupid to lose two real prospects for nothing. All we have lost is one, so far which, for a team like the Indians, is one too many.
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