NL Central Transaction Sunday: 8/9

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8/3/20: Optioned C Jacob Nottingham to the ATS. Activated LHP Brett Anderson from the 10-day IL. Recalled IF Ryon Healy and IF Mark Mathias from the ATS. Placed RHP Shelby Miller on the minor league restricted list. Added RHP Justin Topa and OF Hedbert Perez to the CPP, and assigned them to the ATS. CPP at 55.

The club wanted to fill the void created by Cain’s opt-out and Braun’s IL placement while also activating Anderson to start tonight’s game. To do that, they needed to remove one player from the active roster, and that was Nottingham. That was an understandable decision, as he was only called up as an emergency because backup catcher Manny Pina…