The Cleveland Indians and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a trade. The Indians sent minor league infielder Mark Mathias to the Brewers in exchange for a minor league catcher, Andres Melendez.
Mathias was Rule 5 eligible this winter and apparently the Indians did not feel he was worthy of making their 40 man roster, but didn’t want to lose him for basically nothing. Brewers GM David Stearns was surely happy to oblige Cleveland’s GM Mike Chernoff in taking a versatile utility infielder off his hands for a modest price.