Bill Batterman is the The Brewers committed an embarrassing snafu on Friday when they mistakenly added Jeff Bennett’s name to the list of players who were reassigned to minor league camp. The right-hander found out about the move while listening to a broadcast of the game in the team’s training room. Surprised, he “suddenly jumped off the training table and ran to the offices upstairs,” according to MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy.
“We kick around so many names and have a number of different lists going. I just happened to transcribe his name onto the wrong list,” Assistant General Manager Gord Ash told McCalvy. “[Bennett and I] had a nice chat. He understands.”
While Bennett remains with the Brewers, the same cannot be said for infielder Matt Erickson, left-hander Sam Narron, and catcher Julio Mosquera. That trio was reassigned to bring the number of players still in camp to 39 including ten non-roster invitees and 19 pitchers.