The Brewers’ Travis Shaw (21) celebrates after hitting a home run during a 2021 spring training game on March 24 in Phoenix. – photo by Joe AlexanderThe Milwaukee Brewers sent Travis Shaw down to the Triple-A San Antonio Missions in 2019 when he went through a hitting slump.
Shaw spent 42 games with the Missions and batted .285 with 12 home runs.
The Brewers and Shaw parted ways after that season. He spent 2020 with the Toronto Blue Jays, batting .239 in 50 games.
Shaw is back with the Brewers in spring training this year. He played in 17 spring games and is projected to be the Brewers’ main third baseman when the season opens on Thursday.
The 6-foot-4 Shaw bats left-handed and throws right-handed. He has hit 105 career home runs in six seasons the majors. He spent three seasons with the Brewers and hit 31 home runs in 2017 and 32 home runs in 2018.
Travis Shaw
Travis Shaw
Travis Shaw
Travis Shaw
Travis Shaw
Travis Shaw
Travis Shaw batting for the San Antonio Missions during the 2019 season.
Miguel Sanchez of the 2019 San Antonio Missions pitching for the Milwaukee Brewers during 2021 spring training in Phoenix.Miguel Sanchez has pitched in 124 minor league games in four seasons in the United States, including 40 games for the San Antonio Missions during the 2019 Triple-A Pacific Coast League season.
Sanchez made five starts and 35 relief appearances in 2019. He had a 4-5 record with one save and a 4.35 ERA with 62 strikeouts in 60.0 innings pitched.
The 6-foot-3 right-hander from the Dominican Republic has not pitched in a major league game.
Sanchez pitched in 17 games in 2019-20 in the Dominican Winter League for the champion Toros del Este.
Sanchez was in the Brewers’ 2021 spring training big league camp. He has pitched in eight games this spring, all in relief, with an 0-1 record and a 4.70 ERA.
He was assigned to the Brewers’ minor league camp on March 12.
Miguel Sanchez
Miguel Sanchez
Miguel Sanchez
Miguel Sanchez
Miguel Sanchez
Miguel Sanchez
Miguel Sanchez pitching for the Missions at Wolff Stadium during the 2019 season.
Corey Ray playing for the Milwaukee Brewers during a 2021 spring training game in Phoenix.Corey Ray played in 53 games for the 2019 San Antonio Missions, roaming center field when he was healthy.
Ray batted .188 with seven home runs in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. He also saw action in 11 games in Double-A and 5 games in Rookie League as he worked his way back from injury.
The 6-foot, left-handed hitting Ray was part of the Milwaukee Brewers’ alternate site last summer during the covid-shortened season. Like other minor league players, he didn’t see any game action in 2020.
A first-round draft pick by the Brewers in 2016, Ray was invited to Milwaukee’s 2021 big league spring training. He has played in 18 games this spring and batted .200.
The Brewers optioned Ray to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds on March 12.
Corey Ray
Corey Ray
Corey Ray
Corey Ray
Corey Ray
Corey Ray
Corey Ray playing for the Missions at Wolff Stadium during the 2019 season.
Troy Stokes Jr. receives his Double-A Gold Glove award for the 2018 season during a 2019 Missions game at Wolff Stadium.Troy Stokes Jr. played 95 games in the outfield for the 2019 San Antonio Missions. Stokes hit .233 with nine home runs and 22 doubles.
Stokes is in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He was a non-roster invitee to 2021 big league spring training. Media reports indicate he made a good impression and will start the season in Triple-A with a chance to move up over the summer.
The Detroit Tigers claimed Stokes on Sept. 3, 2019, two days after the Milwaukee Brewers designated him for assignment.
The Pirates claimed Stokes on Jan. 21, 2021, a week after the Tigers designated him for assignment.
Troy Stokes Jr. playing in the outfield for the 2019 Missions.
Former San Antonio Missions catcher Jacob Nottingham playing for the Milwaukee Brewers in spring training in Phoenix on March 24, 2021.Jacob Nottingham played in 83 games for the San Antonio Missions in 2019, mostly at catcher. He batted .231 with five home runs in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.
Nottingham played in nine games for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2019. He played in 20 games for the Brewers last season and hit four home runs.
Nottingham had thumb surgery in the offseason. He has had some at-bats in spring training but hasn’t caught any games yet. He is expected to open the season on the injured list, according to reports from Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Adam McCalvy of MLB.com.
Jacob Nottingham
Jacob Nottingham
Jacob Nottingham
Jacob Nottingham
Jacob Nottingham
Jacob Nottingham
Missions catcher Jacob Nottingham snares a pop-up at Wolff Stadium during the 2019 season.
The San Antonio Missions’ 2021 pitching staff is starting to take shape.
The San Diego Padres assigned pitcher Anderson Espinoza to the Missions on March 24.
The Padres assigned pitchers Reggie Lawson and Jordan Humphreys to the Missions on March 16.
– Espinoza pitched in one game for the Padres last summer, going one inning for his only major league experience. The 6-foot right-hander from Venezuela pitched in the minors at the rookie league and Single-A level in 2015 and 2016. He had Tommy John surgery in the summer of 2017.
– Lawson pitched in two games in relief for the Padres last season. The 6-4 right-hander pitched in six games, all starts, for Amarillo in the Texas League in 2019. He had a 3-1 record with a 5.20 ERA
– Humpreys was picked up by the Padres earlier this month after the San Francisco Giants designated him for assignment. The 6-2 right-hander pitched in 33 games in the minors in 2015-17 and missed the 2018 season due to injury. He pitched in two games in 2019.
The Missions will play this season in the Double-A Central League – basically the old Texas League, where the Missions have played throughout much of franchise history.
Former Missions outfielder Tyrone Taylor playing for the Brewers in a 2021 spring training game in Phoenix.Tyrone Taylor looked like he would be a mainstay in the outfield for the San Antonio Missions when the 2019 season opened.
Instead, injuries limited Taylor to 92 games. He still hit 14 home runs and batted .269 during the Missions’ only season in Triple A.
Taylor showed enough for the Milwaukee Brewers to call him up to the majors on Sept. 7, 2019. He played in 15 games for the Brewers late in the season.
In the covid-shortened 2020 season, Taylor played in 22 game for the Brewers and hit his first two major league home runs and batted .237.
A second-round draft pick by the Brewers in 2012, Taylor has played in 19 games so far in 2021 spring training in Arizona and hit .293 with two home runs.
During Saturday’s spring training game, Taylor was playing right field and was involved in a collision with first baseman Dustin Peterson while chasing a fly ball. Early indications were that Taylor was not seriously injured.
Projections are that Taylor could start the season in Triple A and join the Brewers later in the season. He is on the Brewers’ 40-man roster and still is a possibility to make the Brewers’ opening day roster.
Adrian Houser pitching in a 2021 spring training game in Phoenix on March 24.Adrian Houser pitched in four games for the 2019 San Antonio Missions – all starts. He had a 2-0 record with a 1.27 ERA in the Missions’ only season in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.
The 6-foot-3 right-hander is expected to be a part of the Milwaukee Brewers’ starting rotation when this season starts.
Houser was a second-round draft pick by the Houston Astros in 2011 and was sent to the Brewers in July 2015 as part of a six-player trade. He made his major league debut in 2015, making two relief appearances for the Brewers.
After starting 2019 with the Missions, he was called up to Milwaukee on May 3 and appeared in 35 games for the Brewers that summer including 18 starts. He finished the season with a 6-7 record with a 3.72 ERA in 111 1/3 innings.
In the covid-shortened 2020 season, Houser started 11 games and made one relief appearance. He recorded a 1-6 record with a 5.30 ERA in 56 innings.
Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser pitching for the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium during the 2019 season.
Miguel Sanchez pitching for the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium during the summer of 2019.The San Antonio Missions were the Triple-A farm club of the Milwaukee Brewers during the 2019 season. These players were in uniform for the Missions two summers ago and went to the Brewers’ big league camp for 2021 spring training:
PITCHERS
No. Player
50 Ray Black
66 Zack Brown
39 Corbin Burnes
37 Adrian Houser
64 Thomas Jankins
47 Angel Perdomo
70 Miguel Sanchez
35 Brent Suter
38 Devin Williams
CATCHERS
No. Player
26 Jacob Nottingham
INFIELDERS
No. Player
18 Keston Hiura
21 Travis Shaw
OUTFIELDERS
No. Player
78 Corey Ray
15 Tyrone Taylor
* 2019 Missions manager Rick Sweet is listed as an instructor
Tyrone Taylor playing for the Missions at Wolff Stadium during the 2019 season
The following players are on the list of the top 30 San Diego Padres prospects for 2021 as ranked by MLB.com and are on listed on the Padres’ big league spring training roster:
PITCHERS
No. player position rank
1 Mackenzie Gore LHP 1
40 Ryan Weathers LHP 5
97 Justin Lange RHP 7
79 Reggie Lawson RHP 8
71 Mason Thompson RHP 11
70 Anderson Espinoza RHP 12
73 Reiss Knehr RHP 13
98 Jagger Haynes LHP 14
67 Steven Wilson RHP 17
93 Mason Fox RHP 22
39 Jordan Humphreys RHP 24
99 Dauris Valdez RHP 25
INFIELDERS
No. player position rank
87 CJ Abrams SS 2
88 Tucupita Marcano INF 6
94 Eguy Rosario INF 18
CATCHERS
No. player position rank
21 Luis Campusano C 3
OUTFIELDERS
No. player position rank
90 Robert Hassell OF 4
63 Jorge Ona OF 9
95 Joshua Mears OF 10
