Gamel Sidelined With Shoulder Impingement

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Gamel Sidelined By Shoulder

Third baseman Mat Gamel was the last Brewer to report for Spring Training on Wednesday and he arrived complaining of shoulder pain. Gamel's physical exam revealed an impingement similar to the one that is sidelining outfielder Tony Gwynn, Jr., and both players will refrain from throwing until the pain goes away.

 

Guess he won't get extra time this early ST with Halls injury.

[Teatoe993]

All of a sudden, 3B has become quite thin. Lamb must be licking his chops thinking about how much playing time he's gonna end up with. Is Crede still available if Lamb takes a fall?

[Ennder]

All of a sudden, 3B has become quite thin. Lamb must be licking his chops thinking about how much playing time he's gonna end up with. Is Crede still available if Lamb takes a fall?

Crede is asking for like $7M. I doubt he is a viable option at this point.

[NastyTwig]

Lamb chops. Ha.

 

Too bad. Hopefully this gets out of the way quick for Mat.

[MJLiverock]

Ouch! That is disappointing, especially since I keep reading his thowing is the area of his defense he needs to improve to cut down the errors. A guy I played ball with a few years ago had a shoulder impingement and it bothered him all summer long as a shortstop. Hopeully the good professional treatment lets Gamel heal up and work on his defense pain free.

[Invader3K]

Boy, can't wait to see a potential Lamb/Counsell platoon at 3B.

[And That]

Lamb and Counsell both bat left-handed, they wouldn't platoon.

 

This is good news... for Casey McGehee.

[Turnbowsaves24]

I would like to see what Mcgehee has to offer this upcoming Spring Training.

[EdgarDiazRocks]

Hardy at third Escobar at short.

 

It's like i'm Karnac.

[Blancofan1]

Anyone hear how Koskie is doing lately, or maybe Graffinino?

[And That]

Actually, there was a blurb in the Minneapolis paper the other day about how Koskie was healthy and looking to play baseball again. Were Hall out longer, the Brewers might think about bringing Koskie in for a look.

[BrewCrewForever]

McGehee must be getting very excited, Lamb to. Although Lambe seemed likely to be half if a platoon anyway. This really stinks for Gamel.

[RyDogg66]

All of a sudden, 3B has become quite thin. Lamb must be licking his chops thinking about how much playing time he's gonna end up with. Is Crede still available if Lamb takes a fall?

Crede is asking for like $7M. I doubt he is a viable option at this point.

So I guess Crede will be retiring then?

[Invader3K]

Actually, there was a blurb in the Minneapolis paper the other day about how Koskie was healthy and looking to play baseball again. Were Hall out longer, the Brewers might think about bringing Koskie in for a look.

Would be nice to see him get a token spring training invite at least.

[azcheesehead]

It sounds like Gamel has some explaining to do. Hopefully this is water under the bridge, otherwise, I don't like where this could lead.

[Invader3K]

Yeah, after reading that, I'm not banking on this guy being up in 2009. At least not until before September.

[Tbadder]

I really believe this could be the best thing for the Brewers. I felt a "premature call up" coming on, and positively dreaded him breaking with the team after spring training. He needs a full year in AAA after last years finish/minor controversey. Lets not rush people.

[John Brew]

Actually, there was a blurb in the Minneapolis paper the other day about how Koskie was healthy and looking to play baseball again. Were Hall out longer, the Brewers might think about bringing Koskie in for a look.

Would be nice to see him get a token spring training invite at least.

From that article, Koskie is working out with the Twins in spring training, hoping to play in the WBC with Canada and catch on with a team from there.

http://www.startribune.co..._Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

[Fear The Chorizo]

It doesn't make sense for the Brewers to rush Gamel, who has very little experience above AA - they have 4-5 other players with big league experience who can play 3rd base, and the jury's still out on whether Gamel can play that position at the major league level.

 

Let the guy get healthy, pace himself through training camp, and make him force a decision by excelling in AAA this season.

[ELCABALLO45]

Simple, move Braun back to 3rd and sign Manny to play left.

 

 

Ok only joking... But I hope Gamel gets this thing figured out.

[BREWCREW5]

Sounds like the crew is getting kind of annoyed that Gamel hasn't been overly open about the injuries he is sustaining.

[topper09er]

Maybe if Gamel can never learn to throw he will be our future 1B. If we could trade Prince for some serious pitching and have an infield of 3B Hardy, SS Escobar, 2B ??, Weeks??, 1B Gamel, C Solome with Braun and Hart + Yo, Parra and a pitcher for Prince....not too bad.

[Ennder]

I sure hope our OF can hit because I'm not sure Gamel has the bat for 1B and Escobar isn't likely to hit much.

[twobrewers]

Gamel has always had the laid back "surfer" dude attitude.

 

I am not sure what this means - but perhaps he was just taking a casual approach with his injuries. Either way, while I am a big fan of his baseball game, he appears to need to learn a bit of professionalism.

[mls4]

Can someone explain the shoulder impingement injury that Gamel and Gwynn have? I'm a bit confused how they can be injured before spring training even starts. Didn't they throw throughout the winter? Did they just start throwing a week before spring training and realized their shoulder was sore?