Jody Gerut Rumors

Brewers Face Plenty Of Roster Decisions

After a tremendous run last year that resulted in the club's first playoff berth in a quarter-century, the Brewers sat 13.5 GB of a playoff spot coming into today's action, and sport the National League's worst starting rotation thanks to their 5.22 ERA. As Adam McCalvy of MLB.com writes, the club has a ton of roster decisions to make this offseason, although GM Doug Melvin says "We've got a lot of decisions, and none of them will be discussed until the end of the season." Some of the issues facing the Brew Crew this offseason are... Impending Free Agents: Trevor...   Continue Reading

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Odds & Ends: DeRosa, Bruney, Cooper

Let's kick it off today with some odds and ends. RotoAuthority discusses responding to lame trade offers in your fantasy league. Reliever Mike MacDougal will join the Nationals tomorrow, according to MLB.com's Bill Ladson. Who knows, he could be closing for them by next week. Talking to Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Tribune, Cubs GM Jim Hendry defended the Mark DeRosa trade. Here is my problem with it: it was a financially-motivated deal made by a big-market team, and did not bring back players who could help in 2009. According to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the White Sox...   Continue Reading

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Brewers DFA Chris Duffy

The Brewers designated Chris Duffy for assignment to make room for their latest acquisition, Jody Gerut, according to the Sports Network (via the Miami Herald). Duffy, 29, was hitting .125/.222/.156 for the Brewers in 37 plate appearances. He showed promise as a 25-year-old when he hit .341 for the Pirates in 39 games of semi-regular playing time, but has since fallen off.   Continue Reading

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Brewers Acquire Jody Gerut For Tony Gwynn Jr.

1:58pm: According to Craig Elsten of 619 Sports, the Brewers acquired Jody Gerut from the Padres for Tony Gwynn Jr. MLB.com's Corey Brock confirms it. Gerut, 31, had a fine comeback year in '08 but is off to a .221/.248/.381 start in 121 plate appearances this year. He's played center and right field for the Padres. His defense rates as a plus. Since he has decent service time he's up to a $1.775MM salary. Gwynn cleared waivers in April, so the Padres could've had him for nothing at that time. He didn't hit much in Triple A last year. 1:24pm:...   Continue Reading

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Padres Sign Jody Gerut

The Padres signed arb-eligible center fielder Jody Gerut for '09 at a salary of $1.1775MM, according to MLB.com's Corey Brock. The 31 year-old had a surprising comeback season, hitting .296/.351/.494 in 356 plate appearances while playing above-average defense.   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Howard, Cormier, Gerut

I am currently evaluating Phil Hughes' playlist. Some of it is solid. Let's get on to the odds and ends... Bill Conlin thinks it's a mistake for the Phillies to pay Ryan Howard at a rate commensurate with his service time. It's a slippery slope - shouldn't Cole Hamels be earning $15MM instead of $500K, then? The system may be broken but it doesn't make sense for the Phillies to start ignoring service time. John Mozeliak is not done yet. Meanwhile, Albert Pujols continued to direct his ire at KTVI-TV of St. Louis. The Orioles agreed to a minor league..   Continue Reading

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