Brooks Conrad DFA'd [Reply #26: Rays join in, DFA him too]

[Funketown]

That took a while.

 

Conrad has the lowest batting average of all time for Brewers with 40+ PA's, not including pitchers. Including pitchers, he's 5th, just behind Ben Sheets.

[GormanHarvey]

Sayonara Brooksie!

[PrinceEatMeat]

Did we really need a separate topic for this? Lol. He sucks, so I'm glad he got DFA'd. About time. That's about all there is to say about it.

[Mike2k33]

I'm sure Brooks Conrad is a fine fellow, but I don't think anyone is heartbroken to see him go. I never thought anyone would ever come close to Enrique Cruz and his .085 in 2003, but sure enough, Brooks Conrad was just the man to do it!

 

I'm ever so insignificantly and almost undetectably proud that I was at the game in which he hit his first home run as a Brewer. A moment I will almost certainly forget.

[FVBrewerFan]

Best of luck to you Brad Nels... I mean Brooks Conrad

[craigharmann]

And there was much rejoicing...

[pebadger]

That took a while.

 

Conrad has the lowest batting average of all time for Brewers with 40+ PA's, not including pitchers. Including pitchers, he's 5th, just behind Ben Sheets.

 

This brought to mind the great amusement I got out of seeing Ben Sheets attempt to run to first base on those occasions when he put the ball in play.

[Dollarbill13]

And there was much rejoicing...

 

...yay

[brettac1]

I'm going to miss doing spit takes hearing his name mentioned as the "heir apparent" at 2B. The local sports talk guy in Wausau literally said this in the dumbest segment I have heard in sports talk history.

[pitchleague]

just watch, he'll get claimed by somebody and go on and hit .280 for them with a 5-10 dingers.

 

Probably St. Louis.

 

Drat.

[derflotr]

He isn't nearly as bad of a player as he was for the Brewers. That sentence sure sounds stupid, but it's true. He'll catch on somewhere.

[Invader3K]

just watch, he'll get claimed by somebody and go on and hit .280 for them with a 5-10 dingers.

 

Probably St. Louis.

 

Drat.

 

Well, their hitting coach can work miracles...

[hawing]

I'm going to miss doing spit takes hearing his name mentioned as the "heir apparent" at 2B. The local sports talk guy in Wausau literally said this in the dumbest segment I have heard in sports talk history.

Someone said that this year? I was originally thinking that "dumbest segment I have heard in sports talk history" is a pretty strong statement, but you may have a point.

 

Anyway. Thanks for trying, Brooks.

[brettac1]

Yes. And it was based mainly on his spring training stats.

[Nottso]

I'm ever so insignificantly and almost undetectably proud that I was at the game in which he hit his first home run as a Brewer. A moment I will almost certainly forget.

 

Nicely done, all the way around. The last line is pure gold.

[Mike2k33]

Thank you. All I wanted to do was give Brooks a quality send off.

[Matt Breen]

A bit disappointed. I was looking forward to July so we could see Brooks' 4th hit.

[Matt Breen]

The Rays claimed Conrad.

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/06/rays-claim-brooks-conrad.html

[Jim Goulart]

This is Conrad's final option year, so as long as the Rays have room on their 40-man roster, they can ping him back and forth to Durham all summer. Not a bad thing...

[dlk9s]

Conrad hit a game tying single with 2 outs in the 9th yesterday.

[TURBO]

Did prety well tonight too:

 

Brooks Conrad - 1B - Rays Brooks Conrad drove in four runs with a pair of doubles as the Rays beat the Phillies 7-3 on Sunday to complete a doubleheader sweep.

It was Conrad's first multihit game since July 31. The Rays won tonight despite limiting themselves to relievers in the contest. Cesar Ramos started and pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings. Wade Davis was the only pitcher to struggle, and after he left, Brandon Gomes and J.P. Howell combined to throw 3 2/3 scoreless innings.

[dlk9s]

Obviously Jerry Narron's fault.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

The Rays are becoming the AL version of the Cardinals for their ability to transform former Brewers waste product into useful pieces...at least we don't see it if it's in Tampa.

[monty57]

Probably just shows that 40 ABs received in a sporadic fashion over an extended period really have a wide variance and shouldn't really be used to determine if a player is Hall of Fame caliber or should be booted from the league. Conrad is better than he showed during his time as a Brewer. I'm not too worried that he's gone, but I won't be surprised if he does a good job elsewhere.

 

This is in the same ballpark as Gamel only getting sporadic PAs a few years back and Green only getting sporadic PAs now.

[Outlander]

For those who thought Brooks would heat up with the Rays he was quietly sent back down to Durham this week. He was hitting 172/213/362 for them.