After optioning Taylor Green to AAA on Sunday, the Brewers made a corresponding move today, calling up shortstop Jeff Bianchi from Nashville. Bianchi has split time between Huntsville and Nasvhille this year, hitting .319/.372/.378 in 70 total at-bats. Bianchi has a pretty interesting backstory: He was a 2nd round pick out of high school in 2005, and started out as a well-regarded prospect (Baseball America ranked him as the 4th-best prospect in the Arizona League and the 5th-best prospect in the Royals’ system in 2006). However, his ascent of the minor-league ladder was derailed by arm injuries, including shoulder surgery in 2006 and a Tommy John procedure in 2010. Bianchi hit reasonably well when he was healthy, but the time he missed left him behind the standard development curve – when the Brewers claimed him off waivers in the 2011-2012 offseason, he was 25 and hadn’t yet reached AAA. However, he’s in the majors now, thanks to solid work in the minors and an almost unprecedented injury stack in Milwaukee’s infield.

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