The Astros have signed first baseman Jon Singleton to a minor league deal, The Athletic’s Chandler Rome reviews (Twitter hyperlink). Singleton elected to turn out to be a free agent earlier this week slightly than settle for an outright task to the Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate.
There’s loads of familiarity between Singleton and his new/previous crew, because the first baseman has spent a lot of his profession within the Houston group. Singleton was a highly-regarded prospect in his days within the Astros’ farm system, to the purpose that the Astros locked him as much as a five-year extension price $10MM in assured cash earlier than Singleton had even made his Main League debut. On the time, it was a record-setting contract for a non-international participant who didn’t have any MLB service time.
Nevertheless, Houston’s early funding didn’t repay, as Singleton hit solely .171/.290/.331 over 420 plate appearances in the course of the 2014-15 seasons. His longstanding battle with marijuana dependancy led to 3 completely different drug-related suspensions, resulting in the Astros’ choice to lastly launch him in Might 2018. After a couple of years away from baseball completely, Singleton returned within the Mexican League in 2021, then landed a minor league contract with the Brewers in the course of the 2021-22 offseason.
After a few different releases and re-signings with Milwaukee on new minor league offers, Singleton lastly made it again to the majors earlier this month when the Brewers chosen his contract. It wasn’t an extended or significantly productive (11 video games and a .325 OPS over 32 PA) stint for Singleton earlier than the Brewers designated him for task, resulting in Singleton’s choice to reject the outright task and take a look at the open market once more.
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