The now-closed 2019 Transaction Thread can be found here.

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Via Baseball America, we learn that the Brewers have released LHP Cam Roegner. The 26-year-old Beloit native & 22nd round pick in '16 draft out of Bradley had a stellar 2018 season with Carolina (19 starts, 2.33 ERA) but had a tougher go in Biloxi last summer (1.495 WHIP).

(Sorry, clancyfile, who was a big proponent.)

MUNDELL PICKED UP BY MILWAUKEE BREWERS

WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Winnipeg Goldeyes announced Friday that the Milwaukee Brewers have purchased the contract of right-handed pitcher Garrett Mundell.

Mundell was acquired along with right-handed pitcher Garrett Harris and left-handed pitcher Dominic Mazza from the Frontier League’s les Aigles de Trois-Rivieres on January 7th in exchange for cash.

Mundell was the 2019 Can-Am League Relief Pitcher of the Year, posting a 2.32 ERA in 39 appearances over 42.2 innings. The Lake Forest, California native led the Can-Am League with 20 saves, which also set a Trois-Rivieres single-season record. Mundell struck out 52 batters, walked 12, and allowed just two home runs. The 26-year-old right-hander did not allow an earned run in 32 of his 39 appearances.

Mundell has a career 2.10 ERA in five professional seasons with a 32 percent strikeout rate in 162.2 innings of work. The 6-foot-6, 245-pound Mundell was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 23rd round in 2015 out of Fresno State University and has finished with a 2.64 ERA or lower in four of his first five years as a professional.

Mundell is the first Goldeye to have his contract purchased in 2020. The Goldeyes have now sold the contracts of 79 players all-time to Major League organizations.

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As you can see from the Baseball Reference link above, Mundell has never pitched above low-A ball, but as a soon-to-be 27-year-old, if he breaks spring camp in April, it would likely be with Carolina or perhaps even Biloxi.

Mika, undrafted in 2019 from the University of Central Florida, acquitted himself well, but had just turned 23 when play began and spent the summer in Maryvale only.

Here's Luis Gonzalez' MiLB Player page, 25-year-old had spent his entire pro career in Reds' system (Baseball Reference page). Went down last May with a shoulder issue in his right arm and missed the rest of the season. Not nearly the speedster Luis Aviles was, but in effect, replaces the Brewers' long-time farmhand who became a minor league free agent himself.

Also, there are now two Luis Gonzalez' active in the system, the other the 2018 8th round pitcher out of Puerto Rico who missed all of 2019 with an unspecified injury (MiLB page). We'll learn more on that when the 2020 Media Guide arrives.