Veteran Minor-League Moves Reshape Triple-A Rosters Over Two Weeks

Braves signing former All-Star Martín Pérez to a minor-league contract with a non-roster spring training invite was one of the headline moves captured in Baseball America’s transaction roundup covering Feb. 11-24, 2026. That signing highlights the veteran depth chasing Triple-A jobs as clubs convert free agents and rostered veterans into organizational options ahead of final spring cuts.

Also listed in the two-week compilation was right-hander Jonathan Loáisiga signing a minor-league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks and receiving a spring training invitation. Loáisiga’s move underscores a pattern in the roundup: established big-league names landing minor-league pacts with explicit paths to compete in camp rather than immediate major-league guarantees.

Baseball America’s Feb. 27 summary cataloged a mix of veteran signings, outrights, releases and organizational swaps that will alter Triple-A depth charts. The transactions span the Braves and Diamondbacks examples and extend across several other organizations, producing a churn of experienced arms and position players likely to factor into Triple-A rotations, bullpens and bench roles when rosters are set.

For clubs, non-roster spring invites for veterans such as Pérez and Loáisiga serve a dual purpose: they bring major-league experience into camp and create leverage for final Triple-A assignments. Those invites mean both pitchers will take part in spring workouts and pitcher-batter sessions that management uses to evaluate who will fill Triple-A rotation spots or be kept as depth pieces for early-season callups and injury contingencies.

The timing of the compiled transactions - moves made between Feb. 11 and Feb. 24 and summarized on Feb. 27 - places many signings just before Grapefruit and Cactus League games intensify. That scheduling increases the odds that teams will use camp performance to determine whether these veterans begin the season at Triple-A or on optional assignments to lower levels, affecting playing time and development plans for younger prospects already penciled into Triple-A roles.

As clubs finalize rosters through the end of spring training, the veteran influx recorded by Baseball America will ripple through Triple-A boxes. Expect Pérez and Loáisiga to be among the first wave of veteran competitors whose camp appearances and early exhibition workload will shape which players open the Triple-A season and which organizational pieces remain available as trade or injury insurance.