The Brewers introduced Friday that they’ve designated infielder Vinny Capra for task. Infielder Andruw Monasterio and lefty Bryan Hudson have been recalled from Triple-A Nashville in a pair of corresponding strikes. (Righty Elvin Rodriguez was optioned to Nashville yesterday, therefore the recall of two gamers.)
Capra, 28, is out of minor league choices and thus can’t be despatched to the minors with out first clearing waivers. He homered on Opening Day however has been in a prolonged droop ever since, just lately snapping an 0-for-32 with a single. That extended chilly spell leaves Capra with an eyesore of a batting line: .074/.121/.130. Between this 12 months’s struggles and his sparse observe document previous to 2025, Capra is only a .105/.170/.163 hitter in 96 large league plate appearances.
It’s a tough look, actually, however the versatile infielder has unsurprisingly been worlds higher in Triple-A. He’s appeared in components of 4 seasons on the prime minor league stage and slashed .271/.366/.384 with 15 homers, 45 doubles, three triples, 21 steals (in 27 tries), a 12.2% stroll price and only a 16.5% strikeout price. He’s compiled these outcomes whereas splitting time between shortstop, second base, third base and (far more briefly) all three outfield positions.
Capra began 5 of Milwaukee’s first seven video games however has seen his enjoying time diminish amid that chilly snap and following the Brewers’ promotion of Caleb Durbin, whom they acquired from the Yankees within the offseason Devin Williams commerce. Durbin hasn’t precisely seized an on a regular basis spot with authority, however his .224/.313/.328 efficiency is a transparent enchancment over Capra and the already-optioned Oliver Dunn. Brewers third basemen have been far and away the least-productive group on the place in all of MLB this 12 months, hitting simply .168/.221/.256 (33 wRC+).
The Brewers may have 5 days to commerce Capra. If no deal comes collectively by then, he’d must be positioned on outright waivers or launch waivers. He might be waived at any level beforehand, however waivers are a 48-hour course of and, by rule, his DFA should be resolved inside per week’s time. If Capra clears outright waivers, he’ll stick to the group as a depth possibility. He doesn’t have the requisite service time or prior outright wanted to elect free company after going unclaimed.
