Mills has a 3.57 ERA over 126 minor league innings, all as a relief pitcher. Mills has “primarily relied on a fastball-slider combination to miss bats and generate a ton of groundouts,” according to Pipeline, with “high spin rates” on both pitches. MILWAUKEE - After limping home from New York with primary catcher Manny Pina among the players battling day-to-day injuries, the Brewers called up catching prospect Jacob Nottingham for the start of a weeklong homestand Monday. MLB Pipeline ranks him as the 22nd-best prospect in the Mariners’ farm system, with Mills showing some extra intrigue after displaying a velocity bump (up to 97mph) in Arizona Fall League play. Mills was a third-round pick for Seattle in the 2017 draft, and is a local product who hails from Spokane and attended Gonzaga. A sixth-round pick for the Astros in the 2013 draft, Nottingham played in the minors with the Astros and Athletics before going to the Brewers as part of the Khris Davis trade in February 2016. 203/.306/.432 slash line over 85 career plate appearances in the majors, appearing in 30 games total with Milwaukee from 2018-20. Known as an offense-minded catching prospect heading into the season, he took steps forward on both sides of the ball, though his advanced bat make questions. (Given how Milwaukee just lost starting catcher Omar Narvaez to the injured list, one wonders if the Brewers could reunite with their former backstop.) Nottingham is out of minor league options, which is why neither the Mariners or Brewers could simply stash him in the minors. Nottingham might now be moving on without ever officially appearing in a Mariners uniform if another team makes a claim. It’s the second DFA in a little over a week for Nottingham, who was only just claimed by Seattle off the Brewers’ roster on April 28. Right-hander Wyatt Mills was called up from the alternate training site in a corresponding move. The Mariners have designated catcher Jacob Nottingham for assignment, the team announced.
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