David Stearns and the Milwaukee Brewers already used the waiver wire once this month to add a formerly well-regarded pitching prospect to the fold, claiming right-hander Ariel Hernandez from the Dodgers a week ago. The club dove back into scrapheap for a pitcher again earlier today, as Milwaukee announced that they had made a cash deal with the Philadelphia Phillies for righty Jake Thompson, who was designated for assignment on August 10th:
Thompson was originally drafted in the second round by the Tigers in 2012, and he already has an interesting connection to the Brewers. He was part of the 2014 that brought Joakim Soria to Detroit in exchange for himself and Corey Knebel, and then a year later he was traded from Texas to Philadelphia - along with Alec Asher - in a package for Cole Hamels.