Brewers Sign Tommy Manzella

[longball04]

He was the Astros opening day shortstop in 2010. I would assume that once he gets back into the groove, he will be brought up and then Gonzalez' 60-day DL would open a spot on the 40-man. I am assuming that is correct.

[jjgott]

Is this guy like Josh Wilson 2.0?

[Matt Breen]

Is this guy like Josh Wilson 2.0?

 

I think you're doing a disservice to Josh Wilson.

[Jim Goulart]

We can leave this thread here in the major league forum based on Manzella's prior MLB experience, although we realize for now it's a minor league deal and perspective.

[logan82]

If I had to guess I would say he stays in the minors with us.

[Matt Breen]

Mazella is 29. He's got a career AAA OPS of .678, including a .252 BA.

 

He 'hit' .225 with a .531 OPS in 2010 in 258 ABs.

 

I wouldn't count on anything from this guy. Just minor league depth.

[longball04]

We can leave this thread here in the major league forum based on Manzella's prior MLB experience, although we realize for now it's a minor league deal and perspective.

My apologies (again).

 

I saw the move as a need filler on the MLB side, seeing how he has major league experience. That is how I interpreted the signing. And I agree on Josh Wilson comment. Josh had to have had better numbers than Manzella. Plus Manzella is 29 I believe and picked up and dropped by a couple of teams.

[CheezWizHed]

Where is Billy Hall???? Not sure if I'm kidding or not anymore...

[Dragonbait]

Are we at the point where we throw it at the wall and see what sticks yet?

[djoctagone]

We can leave this thread here in the major league forum based on Manzella's prior MLB experience, although we realize for now it's a minor league deal and perspective.

blame jay gibbons for setting a forum precedent.

[Matt Breen]

This may be the longest 'Tommy Manzella' thread in the history of the Internet.

[Funketown]

 

That's supposed to be an image of a champagne bottle. It's not worth it to find a new image for a thread about Tony Manzella. Although Manzella does sound delicious.

[rluzinski]

Tommy Manzella 2012 ZIPS Projection: .220/.269/.312/.571

 

Wow.

[Funketown]

Tommy Manzella 2012 ZIPS Projection: .220/.269/.312/.571

 

Wow.

 

Are you sure you didn't just copy the projections for Izturis or Maysonet?

[hawing]

So, two or three ACL tears later, we could be seeing Tommy at shortstop.

[Funketown]

Just for reference, here are some impressive Zips projections:

 

Manzella: .220/.269/.312

Izturis: .244/.286/.300

Maysonet: .232/.283/.310

 

Edit: FWIW, Gallardo's career line is .209/.247/.373

 

Oh dear.

[longball04]

Oh that's awful. It's like the clone machine got turned on but spelled the names all wrong. There has to be something better out there. I wouldn't mind poor offense if the defense was stellar. But you can't provide average D and no offense.

[PKBadger]

I'd rather start Santino Marella at shortstop. At least that would be entertaining.

[TooLiveBrew]

Bianchi will be the starting SS before long... I hope

[EdRomero11]

Melvin brought in about the only choice that makes me hope Izturis does not go down with some type of injury