05-14-2009, 12:50 AM
Haudricourt:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Melvin did tell me that no trade has been made, so you can forget any talk that Bill Hall has been traded to make room for Gamel. It might be as simple as Gamel coming up to provide a better left-handed bat on the bench than Brad Nelson, who is 0-for-21, including 0-for-14 as a pinch-hitter.
Normally, you don't call up a top prospect to sit on the bench but the Brewers do have three interleague series on the road coming up, including next weekend in Minnesota. The DH will be used in those games and Gamel could fill that role.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Seems like a waste to me.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Gamel has had fielding issues in the past and has eight errors but he made seven of those earlier in the season and reports have been that he has looked better of late in the field.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He's made 7 errors "early in the season" (last month), has a career .881 fielding percentage in 4+ seasons in the minors, it's impossible to be all that much worse, but I highly doubt he's all of a sudden improved a lot at third base.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Melvin did tell me that no trade has been made, so you can forget any talk that Bill Hall has been traded to make room for Gamel. It might be as simple as Gamel coming up to provide a better left-handed bat on the bench than Brad Nelson, who is 0-for-21, including 0-for-14 as a pinch-hitter.
Normally, you don't call up a top prospect to sit on the bench but the Brewers do have three interleague series on the road coming up, including next weekend in Minnesota. The DH will be used in those games and Gamel could fill that role.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Seems like a waste to me.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Gamel has had fielding issues in the past and has eight errors but he made seven of those earlier in the season and reports have been that he has looked better of late in the field.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He's made 7 errors "early in the season" (last month), has a career .881 fielding percentage in 4+ seasons in the minors, it's impossible to be all that much worse, but I highly doubt he's all of a sudden improved a lot at third base.
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