Jeff Bennett called up by Braves; will start Thursday vs. Brewers

[chuit11]

Looks like Jeff Bennett made his way back to the majors with the Braves.

 

 

(added tags; unambigufied and added to title --1992)

[thablingster]

Hooray flatbrim! I always enjoyed rooting for him.

[dadofandrew]

He's a decent relief guy, in the limited ceiling mold. There are probably 200 of those guys, 50 or so in the bigs and the rest in the minors at any given time. I'm sure it's tough for them as velocity guys like McClung get tons of chances, and they do not.

[valpocrewsader]

And he'll be getting a start in the Brewers-Braves series against Suppan? His first MLB start ever?

[1992casey]

This will be his first big league start. His only previous experience in the majors was in 2004 with the Brewers.

 

Jeff's career major and minor league numbers

 

Bennett called up, to start for Braves on Thursday

[SoCalBrewfan]

Nobody tell Cliff Floyd...

[kgbaseball]

Wow, that's kind of surprising but I guess the Braves have no better options. Buddy Carlyle and Lance Cormier aren't very flattering options.

[brettac1]

Awesome news.

[jason21nl]

chalk this one up to old man Cox helping out his boy Yost.

[dadofandrew]

Heh.

 

The conspiracy rumors sure don't need facts, do they?

[drezdn]

The Conspiracy continues... It's a shame Wickman isn't still with the Braves. Then Cubs fans could complain that he threw the game when he blew a save against us.

[Katuluu]

That Bobby Cox is one heck of a strategist.

[billyhallfan]

wow, that is almost pathetic. I always liked Jeff though, i never thought that he was that bad, in fact i was surprised that he never even came up in 2005.

[hawing]

I don't remember the terms of his separation from the Brewers. Is he likely to have 'something to prove' vs. his former team?

[1992casey]

In July, 2005, I remember Jeff being part of a long thread involving a callup that ended up not happening. Right after that, I think he was either injured or became ill. Either way, he was placed on the DL. He was non-tendered on December 20, 2005.

 

Jeff Bennett Brewerfan transaction page

[Bruce Ciskie]

6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 8 K

 

Not even Cliff Floyd could complain about that.

[davego]

Here comes a 2-hit 7 innings of shutout...

[shelmark]

Did I miss something? Did we win the game already?

[BrewCrewRising]

Did I miss something? Did we win the game already?

No kidding. And it sure it good that Oswalt didn't pitch last night, otherwise we would have lost. Oh wait.....

[jeffy]

I don't remember the terms of his separation from the Brewers. Is he likely to have 'something to prove' vs. his former team?

 

Not much here, sounds like they were willing to keep him as a minor leaguer, but had injury concerns. Atlanta must have been willing to pay more.

 

The Brewers did give him his first major league opportunity. I would guess he will want to prove he belongs in the majors, but does not have any particular animosity toward the Brewers.

Link doesn't seem to work...if this http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=430831 there is a link to the story there.

[Oldcity]

Hellboy is back!

 

On paper it seems like good news. Of course that doesn't mean anything.

[mls4]

I was wondering why Bennett didn't get another chance with the Brewers in 2005. Our bullpen couldn't have been that much better. He didn't pitch that badly in 2004, and his numbers in Nashville in 2005 were good.

[biedergb]

Can we please sign him back?

[pitchleague]

boy, bruce, you were pretty darn close on that prediction from this morning.

 

Did you pick the Brewers to come back and win?