Here are Thursday’s minor moves from around the game…
- The Padres have added veteran outfielder Cole Gillespie on a minor league contract, tweets SB Nation’s Chris Cotillo. San Diego already has a fairly notable outfield crunch, though Gillespie is surely viewed as little more than a minor league depth option at this juncture. The 33-year-old didn’t play in affiliated ball last season, splitting the year between the Mexican League and the independent Atlantic League and batting a combined .283/.353/.384. Gillespie logged 212 plate appearances for the 2015-16 Marlins and hit .276/.318/.413 in that time — his most recent MLB action. He’s spent parts of six seasons in the Majors, where he’s batted .251/.305/.367, and he’s a career .289/.381/.459 hitter in parts of eight Triple-A campaigns.
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How many years have to pass before the Padres GM is no longer considered a genius? Just saying…..
Any idiot who’s looking at MLFA deals handed out the day minor league pitchers and catchers report to consider any GM anything is an idiot whose opinion is not worth noting.
Just saying…
Exactly
Pretty sure every team and every GM….the idiots and the geniuses, add minor league depth/filler all the time.
I guess the padres aaa team is supposed to pull people out of the stands to play when the bench is all used up
Hey, that would be a nice way to ensure a packed stadium for every game. I’m sure that someone here has a grandma who is a speed threat that can pinch run in the 13th inning. :)