MLB Trade Rumors
The Phillies have signed catcher
Tyler Heineman to a minor league contract, according to his transactions log at MLB.com. He has been assigned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
Heineman was released from a minors pact with the Cardinals last week. The switch-hitting backstop managed just a .254/.325/.313 line over 77 plate appearances with their top affiliate in Memphis. Heineman has generally been quite productive at the minors’ top level, compiling a .284/.351/.422 mark over six seasons in Triple-A.
While Heineman hasn’t seen any big league action this season, he did get to the majors in both 2019 and 2020. The 30-year-old has suited up for the Marlins and Giants, garnering 62 MLB plate appearances. The Phils have three catchers
MLB Trade Rumors
The Cardinals announced they’ve released catcher
Tyler Heineman from the minor league deal he signed over the winter. (St. Louis also confirmed their previously-reported agreement with left-hander
T.J. McFarland). Heineman’s contract allowed him to elect free agency if a major league opportunity opened up elsewhere, notes Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat (Twitter link). It’s not yet clear if that was the impetus for his release.
Heineman only picked up 77 plate appearances with Triple-A Memphis this season, hitting .254/.325/.313 without any home runs. The 30-year-old has typically been more productive at the minors’ highest level, evidenced by his career .284/.351/.422 line over parts of six Triple-A seasons.
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Like many of the Giants’ veteran players, Johnny Cueto opened the 2021 season looking like his vintage self, logging a 1.80 ERA over his first three starts before landing on the injured list with a Grade 1 lat strain.
After missing nearly a month, Cueto rejoined the Giants’ rotation on Sunday, though his return didn’t unfold as he had envisioned. The 35-year-old right-hander was charged with the loss after allowing five runs over three innings in the Giants’ 11-1 defeat against the Padres on Mother’s Day at Oracle Park.
Cueto surrendered a pair of long two-run home runs to Jake Cronenworth and Fernando Tatis Jr. in the second inning, putting the Giants in an early 4-0 hole. The Padres added another run off Cueto on Wil Myers’ RBI single in the third and later broke the game open with a four-run eighth to avoid a three-game sweep and pull within 1 1/2 games of the first-place Giants in the National League West.
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