{"id":779763,"date":"2026-08-15T23:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T23:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/779763\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T23:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T23:45:16","slug":"brewers-acquire-jonathan-ornelas-from-athletics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/779763\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers Acquire Jonathan Ornelas From Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

3:50pm: Ornelas is in the lineup, batting ninth and playing second base tonight. Brice Turang<\/a> remains on the bench as he nurses a knee injury. Turang told reporters he\u2019s optimistic he\u2019ll avoid an IL stint (h\/t Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a>).<\/p>\n

2:52pm: The Brewers and Athletics agreed to a minor trade this afternoon, with the A\u2019s sending Jonathan Ornelas<\/a> to Milwaukee for cash considerations.<\/p>\n

The Brewers reportedly plan to select Ornelas, and he will be active this evening when they take on the Dodgers (per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com<\/a>). Jihwan Bae<\/a> will be designated for assignment as the corresponding move.<\/p>\n

Ornelas was playing with the A\u2019s just last week, which makes this a somewhat unique move. Players who have already been selected to a 40-man roster typically can\u2019t be moved after the trade deadline (which passed on August 3). Ornelas, however, was designated for assignment and elected free agency earlier this week. He then re-upped with the A\u2019s on a minor league deal. Ornelas hasn\u2019t been on a 40-man roster under this current contract, so he\u2019s allowed to be traded.<\/p>\n

[Related: How To Acquire Players After The MLB Trade Deadline<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Ornelas appeared in six games with the A\u2019s. He picked up two hits in a dozen at-bats. He also struck out seven times. Ornelas has put together a strong season at Triple-A between the Yankees and A\u2019s affiliates. He\u2019s posted a 128 wRC+ with 11 home runs and 11 stolen bases across 81 games.<\/p>\n

Ornelas hasn\u2019t hit much in his career, even in the minors, heading into this season. His real value for the Brewers is defensive versatility. He\u2019s spent time at every infield position except first base as a big leaguer. Ornelas has also made occasional appearances in the outfield. The utilityman has been a neutral defender or better at every spot except second base.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee added Bae last week after he was released by the Mets. He\u2019d spent all year at Triple-A Syracuse after getting claimed by New York over the winter. The Brewers were thin on infield depth after Cooper Pratt<\/a> strained his hamstring. Bae got into four games with Milwaukee, mostly as a pinch runner or defensive replacement.<\/p>\n

Bae, 27, had spent his entire pro career in the Pirates organization before this season. He was signed as an international free agent in 2018. Bae was a borderline top-10 prospect in the system around the time of his first big-league promotion in 2022. He offered speed and not much else across parts of four MLB seasons in Pittsburgh. Bae\u2019s longest look with the Pirates came in 2023. He stole 24 bases in 111 games, but scuffled to a 66 wRC+ while splitting time between second base and center field.<\/p>\n

The Brewers will now look to pass Bae through waivers. He\u2019s been outrighted before, so if he clears waivers, he\u2019ll have the right to reject a minor league assignment and test free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3:50pm: Ornelas is in the lineup, batting ninth and playing second base tonight. Brice Turang remains on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2391],"tags":[537,5,7715,2064,4,3226],"class_list":["post-779763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-baseball","tag-ji-hwan-bae","tag-jonathan-ornelas","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-athletics"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117102190516341493","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}