DOB: Braves offseason about to get a lot busier. - Gamel released.

[sturg33]

Was banking on him to fill in for the inevitable Chris Johnson collapse.

 

[Hawk]

I had pretty high hopes for Gamel. If healthy, he would have been the kind of over-qualified bench bat championship-caliber teams have. He's probably just too far gone at this point to salvage as a big league player.

Agreed, I'm much less optimistic about the quality of the bench now.

 

[weso1]

Now that's a bummer right there. Wren needs to get on the horn.

 

[tvsportscaster]

Who gets that roster spot now? Mejia? We have all spring to figure that out I suppose.

Joey T or Pastornicky

 

[Hawk]

Joey T or Pastornicky

It's possible, too, that Wren could bring in another bat before the end of ST if the in-house options fail to appeal. There's usually a fair amount of release bait floating around by the end of March.

 

[tvsportscaster]

It's possible, too, that Wren could bring in another bat before the end of ST if the in-house options fail to appeal. There's usually a fair amount of release bait floating around by the end of March.

It's entirely possible. The Braves also signed Mark Hamilton who is similar to Gamel to a non roster deal, perhaps if he has a good spring he might be considered.

 

[mfree80]

I guess I am higher on Joey T. than some of you. I don't want to see him not get a shot for a reclamation project. I think he will surprise and impress.

 

[AUTiger7222]

I guess I am higher on Joey T. than some of you. I don't want to see him not get a shot for a reclamation project. I think he will surprise and impress.

Agreed. I'm a huge Joey T fan.

 

[Mrs. Meta]

Agreed. I'm a huge Joey T fan.

Joey T is how I learned about the Bristol stool chart:

Hopefully, he won't have has many Type 7 ABs this yearlol.

 

[keithlaw]

Good bye Gamel Toe

 

[50PoundHead]

It's possible, too, that Wren could bring in another bat before the end of ST if the in-house options fail to appeal. There's usually a fair amount of release bait floating around by the end of March.

Wren is pretty good when he goes this route. Too bad about Gamel. Couldn't really play 3B (and neither can Terdoslavich), so I wondered where he would have fit in other than pinch-hitting. He could have been really good at that.

 

[weso1]

I guess I am higher on Joey T. than some of you. I don't want to see him not get a shot for a reclamation project. I think he will surprise and impress.

I think a lot of us are just bummed because Gamel could play third. I guess Joey T. could play some third in a pinch, but that's about it.

 

[weso1]

The one thing that concerns me going forward is that Wren keeps stating that Laird is some amazing back up catcher in all the interviews he does. Laird doing anything but occasionally backing up Gattis would kind of suck.

 

[Heyward]

The one thing that concerns me going forward is that Wren keeps stating that Laird is some amazing back up catcher in all the interviews he does. Laird doing anything but occasionally backing up Gattis would kind of suck.

Who should backup Gattis then?

Doumit who sucks defensively, or CB who isnt ready yet.

I dont see the big deal with that.

 

[MadduxFanII]

In far more important news, Kris Medlen shaved his head today as part of a cancer charity effort.

 

[Dalyn]

People criticized Chipper, too. Doesn't mean Uggla hasn't been awful for us.

 

[weso1]

Doumit Sav! It wasn't Doumit who was released but Gamel.

 

[The Tariff King]

Doumit Sav! It wasn't Doumit who was released but Gamel.

I was wondering when someone would notice and made this pun. They're both so irrelevant I thought I could get away with it. And I would have, if it wasn't for you meddling son of *****

 

[weso1]

I was wondering when someone would notice and made this pun. They're both so irrelevant I thought I could get away with it. And I would have, if it wasn't for you meddling son of *****

Looks like your Gamel didn't pay off.

 

[Dalyn]

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