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Brewers Ink Tyner, Will Dump Gwynn Jr.
11:00pm: Gwynn has been placed on waivers.
2:24pm: Brewers GM Doug Melvin told Haudricourt that there will be an announcement concerning Gwynn Jr. on Friday. It appears he will be placed on waivers.
1:33pm: According to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Brewers have signed outfielder Jason Tyner to their Triple-A Nashville roster.
Tyner, 31, has spent time in the majors with the Mets, Rays, Twins and Indians. He spent all of last year in Triple-A, where he hit .248 with 12 doubles, a homer and 18 RBI in just over 300 at-bats. Haudricourt surmises that this signing could result in the Brewers waiving Tony Gwynn Jr, who is out of options and unlikely to make the final roster.
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Would the Padres make a claim on him simply because of his name?
Posted by: icedrake523 | April 02, 2009 at 02:30 PM
Blast! Now I have to redo my NL Central predictions!
Posted by: scatterbrian | April 02, 2009 at 02:48 PM
Good luck to "The Liner" Tyner.
Posted by: twinsfan | April 02, 2009 at 03:02 PM
yeah, too bad his streak isn't still alive. i remember when he finally hit that home run, it made sportcenter's top 10.
Posted by: Jon Elliot | April 02, 2009 at 03:09 PM
If Gwynn Jr. accepts a AAA assignment anywhere, the Padres seem like the place it would be, and I don't see why the Padres wouldn't give him at least that. He'd be the first one called up if Gerut, Giles, Headley, Floyd, or Hairston hit the DL. And if Hairston starts off slow, I could see Gwynn taking his place on the roster as an extra outfielder and a left-handed bat off the bench to complement Edgar Gonzalez and Henry Blanco with Cliff Floyd.
Posted by: WestCoastBias | April 02, 2009 at 04:18 PM
I don't agree with you WestCoast the first up if any outfielder was put on the DL would be Will Venable. Venable I think takes priority before Gwynn Jr.
Posted by: goofball | April 02, 2009 at 04:25 PM
TG Jr,
thanks again for giving us a magical season...
Sincerly,
Rockies fans
Posted by: ProgMatinee | April 02, 2009 at 04:27 PM
TGj, career .598 OPS, 9 extra base hits in 242 at-bats and 18 BB. Those are bad numbers. He is not his father.
Posted by: pageian | April 02, 2009 at 05:15 PM
It is great to see an organization give Jsson Tyner the chance he deserves. He is an athlete who has never been given a real chance, simply because he does not hit home-runs. Now that the game is changing in the post steroid era, perhaps the non-home-hitter will be given greater recognition for his contribution.
Posted by: travelinman4 | April 02, 2009 at 05:32 PM
Tyner got far too great of a chance with the Twins. He's a pathetic offensive player... Check out Gleeman's article from a few years back on why he's one of the worst offensive outfielders in the last 50 years (It's about half down the page on this portion of his archive):
http://www.aarongleeman.com/2007_06_10_baseballblog_archive.html
Tyner's OPS differential between league average for his position is the second worst among outfielders over the last 50 years. The Mets using a first-round pick on him is more tragic than anything Shakespeare could've written. :)
Posted by: MorneauVP | April 02, 2009 at 06:49 PM
Forget homerun power Tyner lacks the power to hit any extra base hits. He had 13 extra base hits last year. Alot of guys do that in a month
Posted by: wnymetsfan | April 02, 2009 at 09:38 PM