Tag: Milwaukee Brewers

Missions shortstop Mauricio Dubon traded to Giants

Missions shortstop Mauricio Dubon playing at Wolff Stadium this season. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions shortstop Mauricio Dubon playing at Wolff Stadium this season. – photo by Joe Alexander
The Major League Baseball trade deadline hit the San Antonio Missions on Wednesday afternoon.

With less than an hour remaining before the 3 p.m. (Central) deadline, it was reported that Missions shortstop and Milwaukee Brewers prospect Mauricio Dubon was part of a deal between the Brewers and San Francisco Giants.

Dubon played 98 games for the Missions this season, batting .297 and hitting 16 home runs.

The 25-year-old from Honduras made a brief appearance with the Brewers this season, becoming the first native of Honduras to play in the majors.

Dubon was originally drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2013.

In Tuesday’s deadline trade, Dubon went to the Giants in exchange for pitchers Drew Pomeranz and Ray Black. The Brewers badly needed pitching for the stretch run. Dubon is likely to have more opportunity to play in the majors with the Giants as a middle infielder than he was with the Brewers.

Jake Hager is slotted to start for the Missions tonight against the Sacramento River Cats at Wolff Stadium.

Missions’ Mauricio Dubon homers in back-to-back games

Missions shortstop Mauricio Dubon playing against the Iowa Cubs on Thursday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions shortstop Mauricio Dubon playing against the Iowa Cubs on Thursday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
Mauricio Dubon has hit 16 home runs this season.

Two of those have come at Wolff Stadium in the San Antonio Missions’ last two games.

Dubon had a 15-game hitting streak with the Missions from June 28 to July 20. During that stretch he was out of the San Antonio lineup from July 7 to July 13 while he was up with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Back with San Antonio, he has 10 hits in the last 10 games. He is hitting .299 on the season.

Brewers’ Travis Shaw has probably played his last game for the Missions

Travis Shaw playing for the San Antonio Missions on Wednesday night at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Travis Shaw playing for the San Antonio Missions on Wednesday night at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
Travis Shaw didn’t play in Thursday night’s San Antonio Missions game against the Iowa Cubs.

By Thursday afternoon, there were media reports that Shaw will be called back up by the Milwaukee Brewers.

If all goes as expected, Wednesday night at Wolff Stadium was Shaw’s last game in a Missions uniform and he will be on the Brewers’ active roster on Friday night when they open a big three-game homestand against the Chicago Cubs.

The 29-year-old infielder played 57 games with the Brewers this season. He hit .164 with six home runs. He was optioned to Triple-A San Antonio on June 28.

Shaw’s hitting was coming back around in recent games with the Missions. In his last 10 games he hit .323 (10-of-31) with four home runs and 12 RBIs. During that stretch Shaw looked like he was seeing the ball well and was consistently hitting the ball hard.

Last season with the Brewers, Shaw hit .241 with 32 home runs in 152 games.

Brewers’ Jimmy Nelson pitches in relief for Missions

The Brewers' Jimmy Nelson pitches for the San Antonio Missions on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Brewers’ Jimmy Nelson pitches for the San Antonio Missions on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson made an appearance with the San Antonio Missions on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium as part of a rehab assignement.

Nelson entered the game in the sixth inning. He pitched 1 1/3 innings. He allowed two earned runs on four hits including a home run. He walked one batter and had no strikeouts.

Brewers and Missions pitcher Jacob Barnes – photo gallery

Jacob Barnes earned the win as the San Antonio Missions beat the Iowa Cubs 4-3 on Tuesday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jacob Barnes earned the win as the San Antonio Missions beat the Iowa Cubs 4-3 on Tuesday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
San Antonio Missions relief pitcher Jacob Barnes earned a win in Tuesday’s 4-3 victory over the Iowa Cubs at Wolff Stadium.

Barnes pitched one inning, holding the Cubs scoreless in the top of the ninth inning. The Missions rallied in the bottom of the ninth to make Barnes the pitcher of record.

The 29-year-old right-hander has seen action for both the Milwaukee Brewers and Triple-A San Antonio this season. He has appeared in 13 games for the Missions, all in relief. He has a 2-0 record and 3.46 ERA in 13 innings. He has been with the Missions since being optioned from the Brewers on June 17.

A member of the Brewers’ 40-man-roster, the 6-foot-2 right-hander has appeared in 18 games in a Milwaukee uniform this season with one start. He has a 1-1 record with a 6.86 ERA in 19 2/3 innings.

Brewers’ Gio Gonzales looks strong in rehab appearance with Missions

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Gio Gonzalez made a rehab appearance with the San Antonio Missions on Monday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Gio Gonzalez made a rehab appearance with the San Antonio Missions on Monday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Gio Gonzales looks like he might be getting closer to returning to the majors.

Gonzalez pitched 4 2/3 innings in a rehab start for the San Antonio Missions on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium. He allowed one run on five hits, including a home run. Gonzales was on a pitch count of 70 and left after throwing 68 pitches. Gonzales recorded four strikeouts with no walks.

The 6-foot, left-hander had a 2-1 record in six starts with the Brewers this season. His last game in the majors was May 27. He went on the injured list with a tired arm after that.

Monday’s game was his second rehab appearance in the minors. He pitched on Wednesday in a Class A game. He gave up two runs on four hits in two innings.

Brewers’ Hernan Perez trying to rebound with the Missions

Hernan Perez hits an RBI double on Thursday in the Missions' 9-2 victory over the Omaha Storm Chasers at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Hernan Perez hits an RBI double on Thursday in the Missions’ 9-2 victory over the Omaha Storm Chasers at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
After spending all of the 2017 and 2018 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, Hernan Perez finds himself back in the minor leagues with the San Antonio Missions.

The 28-year-old from Venezuela made his MLB debut in 2012 with Detroit Tigers. He has spent all or part of the last five seasons in the majors with the Brewers.

Perez hit .235 with 5 home runs and 11 RBIs in 59 games this season with the Brewers before being sent down to Triple-A San Antonio.

Perez has played second base and left field in the first three games of the Missions’ current homestand and has hits in his last four games overall. He went hitless in his first two games after being sent down. He is currently batting .154 with no home runs and one RBI in his six games with the Missions.

Missions closer and PCL All-Star Jay Jackson

San Antonio Missions closer Jay Jackson pitching at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
San Antonio Missions closer Jay Jackson pitching at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
Jay Jackson’s professional baseball career has taken him from San Diego to Milwaukee and from Mexico to Japan.

The San Antonio Missions closer was selected to play for the Pacific Coast League in today’s Triple-A All-Star Game in El Paso.

Jackson leads the Missions in saves (8) and has a 4-2 record with a 1.01 ERA. He is second on the team in games (29) and second among Missions relievers in innings pitched (35 2/3). Jackson stuck out 50 batters with 8 walks. He appeared in three games this season with the Milwaukee Brewers, giving up five runs in 2 1/3 innings.

The 6-foot-1 right-hander was drafted in the ninth round in 2008 by the Chicago White Sox. He made it to the Majors in 2015 when he pitched in six games for the San Diego Padres.

His pitching record includes stints in Mexico between 2012 and 2016.

Jackson spent the 2016 through 2018 seasons pitching for Hiroshima in the Japanese league. In 181 games over three seasons he had a 10-8 record with three saves, all in relief.

Brewers prospect and Missions shortstop Mauricio Dubon

Missions shortstop Mauricio Dubon playing against the Iowa Cubs at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions shortstop Mauricio Dubon playing against the Iowa Cubs at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
Mauricio Dubon finds himself one of the top offensive weapons in the San Antonio Missions’ batting order.

Since Keston Hiura and Tyler Saladino have been called up by the Milwaukee Brewers, Dubon is the team leader on the active roster in home runs with 12.

The 6-foot, 24-year-old shortstop from Honduras is second on the current roster in batting average (.308) and RBIs (40) and third in runs scored (46).

Brewers’ Travis Shaw returns to Missions’ lineup

Travis Shaw had one hit and played third base for the Missions on Monday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Travis Shaw had one hit and played third base for the Missions on Monday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe Alexander
Milwaukee Brewers infielder Travis Shaw was in the San Antonio Missions’ lineup Monday night for the first time since being optioned to the Triple-A team last week.

Shaw played third base on Monday and batted fourth. He had one hit in four at-bats with two strikeouts.

Shaw played 10 games with the Missions in May and early June before going up to join the Brewers. He hit .164 with six home runs in 57 games with Milwaukee. Last season with the Brewers he hit .241 with 32 home runs in 152 games.

The Iowa Cubs beat the Missions 5-3 Monday night at Wolff Stadium.