Jay Gibbons Signed to Minor League Deal; Likely September Callup [Unless he retires, which he did July 9]

[istanbultaye]

Link at brewers.com

 

Posted in majors forum as he is a former major leaguer, and article states that Melvin plans to call him up in September for the bench. Low risk signing for possiblity of moderate reward.

[JoeHova]

If they were going to sign a steroid-tainted guy, this isn't the one they should have signed.

[istanbultaye]

I don't think Barry Bonds would stoop to signing a minor league deal though.

[rluzinski]

Career .314 OBP. Sign me up!

[InsomniacInkRoss]

Can Brantley still be the PTBNL for CC when he is on the DL? If he was agreed to before he got on the DL?

 

(Jay Gibbons is taking his spot because he is going on the DL, and I know Cleveland was planning on waiting, but, yeah)

[istanbultaye]

I would assume a short DL stint wouldn't eliminate him from the list unless the Indians decide they don't want him due to him missing a couple weeks. It didn't sound like a major injury or anything.

[Postseason2006]

LH on Sept 1st. Nothing more, nothing less.

[berniebrewer4life]

Didn't he offer to put all of his salary towards charity at one point if someone signed him? Is he sticking to that?

[logan82]

Can we do a take back on the Gross deal?

[ELCABALLO45]

Can we do a take back on the Gross deal?

Gabe Gross with TB

 

.231 avg.

.327 OBP

 

[Yeti73]

Gibbons is a standup guy. It is annoying that he is one of the scapegoats for what so many players were wrapped up in. What is going on with Bonds is likely collosive (not sure that is the right way to spell it), but it may even be moreso in Gibbons' case. Bonds disrupts clubhouses and has crazy demands. This guy is a servicable lefty. No reason he didn't catch on elsewhere. I wish him all the luck and maybe we can teach him to pitch.

[JohnBriggs12]

He might be a stand up guy, but he hasn't hit a lick since they started to crack down on juicers.

 

If the Brewers need another lefthanded bat (and wasn't that a reason they added Durham?) come September, don't they have this guy in Huntsville hitting around .370?.

 

This move does bring into serious question the future of Tony Gwynn. Now you Gwynn haters (and you know who you are) I'm sure are thrilled by this move.

[joepepsi]

It's a great move. Gibbons sits on the bench in September, then maybe gets an NRI for Spring, or is just released and can sign with another team, like KC.

[eanelson4]

It's a great move. Gibbons sits on the bench in September, then maybe gets an NRI for Spring, or is just released and can sign with another team, like KC.

 

Not to mention (i believe) we are only responsible for the pro-rated league minimum. Can't argue too much with this signing. At that price, he's certainly worth a shot in the minors and a September callup.

[endaround]

Nothing to complain about, but at the same time nothing really to be happy about.

[joepepsi]

I'm happy about it because hopefully this prevents them from trading decent prospects for that lefty OF bat they seem to think they need. There's no room on the 25 man to add anybody right now.

[crossface21]

He did say he would donate his minor league salary to a teams charity if they signed him. However, Baltimore is still paying him $12 million this year, so it's not like the money matters.

[And That]

I wonder if we could get a really good deal for George Sherrill if we agreed to pay part of Gibbons' salary from Baltimore?

[DougJones43]

Now you Gwynn haters (and you know who you are) I'm sure are thrilled by this move.

I'm not really thrilled by this move, but I do want to confirm that I am a Gwynn hater.

[Fatter than Joey]

I'm not really thrilled by this move, but I do want to confirm that I am a Gwynn hater.

 

I to am a TGJ hater, and not sure why I should be thrilled.

[BrewCrewWS2008]

Man I know how you guys feel, it sucks having a young, fast, great defender, that can bunt, get on base, steal, and is left handed! Why god would you ever put Tony Gwynn Jr. in the Brewer system, Why?! haha still dont understand all the hate. By the way im not a Gwynn hater.

 

As for Gibbons... you know its a good signing, no risk, may get some production out of him. Who knows but how many lefty bats do we need? Council, Durham, Branyan, then maybe Gwynn Jr, Gamel.... I dont know

 

And the reason for the haters to like this move i think is because it is another lefty outfielder to try to take Gwynn's place

[And That]

young

 

Antone Williamson

 

fast

 

Alex Sanchez

 

great defender

 

Steve Moss

 

that can bunt

Ben Sheets

 

get on base

Gary Bennett

 

steal

Mike Felder

 

is left handed

My 7 week old daughter

[2008 world champs]

i think we are in need of more righty bats . dillon is coming back but kapler might be headed to his norms. with that said the team must be pretty good if we are talkin about the 4th/5th lefty option off the bench.

[Brian the Automator]

And the reason for the haters to like this move i think is because it is another lefty outfielder to try to take Gwynn's place

I'd actually rather have Gwynn than Gibbons, but having both is fine as well. Other than the fact that they hit from the left side of the plate, they're two very different players.

 

[BrewCrewWS2008]

young

 

Antone Williamson

 

fast

 

Alex Sanchez

 

great defender

 

Steve Moss

 

that can bunt

Ben Sheets

 

get on base

Gary Bennett

 

steal

Mike Felder

 

is left handed

My 7 week old daughter

To bad none of those guys could do them all (Williamson was suppose to but yeah that was a joke), Alex Sanchez would have been close but he didn't walk at all, so his .280 -.290 batting average only lead to a .310 -.320 on base percentage, plus Gwynn Jr. is a better fielder. Hes a solid player not a great player, I mean hes not a player i have a man crush on (Escobar on the other hand..ha) but i dont get why people have so much hate toward him. He is a solid lead-off hitter, you think being a Brewer fan you'd like that, after we have to watch Rickie lead off all the time. (Not calling out Rickie but he just not a lead-off guy, if he cut down his his k's in half maybe, also hitting higher than .220 would help)