Brett Sullivan is signed by the Milwaukee Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers they’re hiring the corner catcher / outfielder and shortstop, Brett Sullivan, to a major league contract. Sullivan, who has yet to appear in the Major Leagues, became a minor league free agent earlier this month after seven seasons on the Rays’ farm system. The Brewers’ 40-man roster now sits at 38 elements.

The 27-year-old Sullivan was selected by Tampa Bay in the 17th round of the 2015 draft that came out of the University of the Pacific. He has never appeared in an organizational prospect ranking on FanGraphs or Baseball America, but the left-handed hitter has typically performed well in the minor leagues:

Brett Sullivan, 1.85 meters tall, posted above-average offensive numbers through Double-A, and very rarely struck out. He hasn’t walked a lot or hit for a ton of power, but Sullivan’s ability to get the ball into play allowed him to consistently run high batting averages before 2021.

Last season was a bit rough, as Sullivan hit a .223 / .302 / .375 line with nine home runs in 345 plate appearances with the Rays’ top affiliate in Durham. However, those numbers were depressed by a career-low .244 batting average in balls at stake.

The 88-pound Sullivan struck out only 15.7% of his Triple-A plate appearances. That mark, while the highest rate of his career, is about seven percentage points lower than the Major League Baseball average:

Sullivan becomes the third receiver in the 40-man roster, joining starter Omar Narvaez and prospect Mario Feliciano. Veteran brewer Manny Piña left to join the Braves a few weeks ago. Milwaukee may continue to seek a more experienced backup, but Sullivan has an opportunity to influence that combination.

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It stands to reason that the Crew would prefer to have daily replays of Feliciano at Triple-A Nashville rather than sporadically playing in the majors behind Narvaez. Sullivan has three years of minor league options left, so the Brewers can take him on and off the active roster going forward as long as he maintains a 40-man job.

Rafael Martinez

I am fond of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. Bachelor of Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services at Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and after a few days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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