Longtime major league outfielder Carlos Gomez plans to retire once his season in the Dominican Winter League wraps up, Rolando E. Fermin of La Neuva 106.9 FM reports.
Gomez’s big league career began and ended with the Mets. He debuted in the league in 2007 as a highly touted youngster, but the Mets traded Gomez to the Twins in a package for then-superstar left-hander Johan Santana in the ensuing offseason. Gomez’s tenure with the Twins also proved to be short-lived, though, as they dealt him to the Brewers in a trade for shortstop J.J. Hardy in November 2009.
Gomez didn’t truly blossom until he got to Milwaukee, and he plans to retire as a member of the organization, according to Fermin. He posted star-level production at times as a member of the Brewers, with whom he slashed .267/.325/.452 and amassed 87 home runs and 152 stolen bases across 2,576 plate appearances from 2010-15. Gomez was especially outstanding from 2013-14, a 1,234-PA span in which he batted .284/347/.491, swatted 47 homers, swiped 74 bags and ranked seventh among position players in fWAR (12.4).
Unfortunately, Gomez’s output dropped off a cliff after his career-best two-year run. The Brewers traded Gomez (and sign-stealing whistleblower Mike Fiers) to the Astros in a 2015 blockbuster, which came after an attempt by the Mets to re-acquire him fell through. The Gomez pickup proved to be a failure for Houston, which released him in 2016 after he fell flat in an Astros uniform. Gomez wound up staying in Texas that year, though, as the Rangers took a low-cost flier on him that worked out well for them. He stayed with the Rangers the next season and once again recorded respectable production, but he was ineffective as a member of the Rays in 2018 and once again struggled in a Mets homecoming last year.
All told, the 34-year-old Gomez will end his MLB career a .252/.313/.411 hitter who totaled 145 HRs, 268 steals and 24.9 fWAR in 5,227 trips to the plate. He earned two All-Star nods and made just under $50MM in his playing days, according to Baseball-Reference. MLBTR wishes Gomez the best in retirement.
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
gotta throw shade at Fiers, dont ya?
definitely uncalled for
Not sure how it was a shot at Fiers. The trade included him. That’s all.
And the term whistleblower is not a negative. Whistleblowers deserve respect for their bravery in speaking truth to the face of powerful adversarial forces.
Exactly. Well said, pants
Connor was not showing any respect when he wrote that. He was throwing a dig at Fiers and it was unnecessary. He knows it.
Not true at all, montana.
you read that into it, this says more about you then the writter
Lol! Yes, Fiers is a VERY BRAVE man. Didn’t say *anything* at all while he was on the team but ratted them out after he was left off the post-season roster and picked up by a rival. Go read a children’s story where there are good guys and bad guys…the real world is much more complicated than your simplistic narratives.
@stevewpants – actually we imprison whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, you are correct in that what they do is nothing but good in that they are stopping bad people from doing bad things, but its a dangerous word to use in this context.
@jtm2889 – what an absolutely trash take. You HAVE to be a Trashstros fan. The only people hating on a HERO like Fiers are saying crud like this. Grow up, you are the child here reading the childrens book. You are literally defending lying, cheating and stealing. Take a look in the mirror, you are a trashperson right now and wrong in every possible way.
Fiers needs to go into the HOF for this.
Just edit it, Connor, and delete all these posts about it.
You made a flub, its fine. You can correct it and should. Psycho Astros fans on twitter are saying Fiers should be beaten and murdered. You are not helping anyone by leaving that in there.
Hear hear!
You didn’t do anything wrong, Connor. You wrote ‘sign-stealing whistleblower Mike Fiers’, which is just a factual statement. The only reason anyone could possibly think it’s a negative to call Fiers a whistleblower is because of certain current events in US politics, where one party is trying to spin whistleblowers as being a bad thing. They’re not.
If people like @montana blue think it’s a ‘dig’, perhaps they can explain why.
@rct – Mike Fiers is getting his life threatened on twitter right now, and The Athletic broke the story long before he spoke up.
You really ready to have someones blood on your hands when that one lunatic decides to act on this stupid narrative? Connor could have just written his name instead of obnoxiously adding in that unnecessary comment about him, We all know who Mike Fiers is, he’s a veteran SP.
Grow up.
Montana blue must’ve run out of alcohol.
So, following your logic, should indict Canseco into the Hall? He is the so called “whistleblower” of the steroid era?
And for the record, I agree. Fiers should be commended for outing the Astros.
*induct
Connor – why are you even responding to this Montana jerk? He obviously doesn’t have a life. Or perhaps he applied for a job on this website and was a total reject.
@me myself – you dont have a life either champ!!!
What pants said
Manning was pardoned and Snowden says he’s open to facing a trial in the u.s. if he’s given a regular trial where his side can call witnesses and uncover evidence during discovery. All that being said, which word?
If you’d like to pretend you’d have acted differently and ratted everybody out in the moment that’s your business, keep your fantasies to yourself.
Could have also said, “2 time no-hitting, World Series Champion.” Instead, he went low like the trash he is.
I think you were right the first time, lol.
This thread…wow, I love sports but we are far too obsessed with our rooting interests, arguing over a word or phrase, calm down my children life will continue at a similar pace
“Mike Fiers* Throws A No-hitter with Some Help From Pine Tar, A Breakdown”
youtu.be/RhUUTkIxpp0
Why didn’t Fiers come forward when he was on the 2017 team? Is he going to give back his World Series ring? He came forward because he was bitter the Astros released him. He has numerous issues in his personal life he doesn’t want brought forward, he has to be nervous.
Then delete that portion. You just want to incite negativity for more posts.
Agree pans
* pants
I think they may be misinterpreting “sign-stealing whistleblower” to mean that Fiers himself was a sign-stealer.
Drama=clicks, didnt you guys learn anything in new-age writing 101?!
Factual statement? Yes. Relevant to the article? No.
I doubt if they wrote an article about the next time someone breaks the home run record, they would refer to Bonds as “well-known steroid abuser Barry Bonds”.
I’m pretty sure baseball fans know who Mike Fiers is even without that qualifier.
Nope, its not a “factual statement” – the Athletic broke the story. You are wrong. Please apologize for lying.
Liar liar pants on Fier
What is your problem? FIERS IS THE WHISTLEBLOWER! How does that have any effect on you? That’s what he is. It’s only the biggest story in baseball right now! This comment section is only open to adults.
@me myself – this is a LIE! Fiers is NOT “THE WHISTLEBLOWER” you absolute cretin!!!! The Athletic broke this story WAY before Fiers stepped up!!!
STOP TALKING UGHHHH
@strike four – look out everyone! Strike is about to blow a gasket!
Strike 4 – I see what your saying, but look up the definition. Fires is by definition a whistleblower. Just because a reporter broke the story does not change the fact.
Strike 4 whatever you’re on right now I will take two please.
Wish you the best, Carlos! 🙂
“and sign-stealing whistleblower Mike Fiers”.
Was this quote from the article necessary. You writers are jerks!
Good night sweet prince
Love ya Carlos! Had an absolute blast watching you play for the Brewers. Best of luck to you.
That fiers joke was great
I don’t think you know what a joke is
I’m going to add it to my standup routine right now actually.
I’m going to your open mic and throwing rotten eggs at you
just make sure theyre not ostrich eggs, id hate to have to pull out the ol softball mitt!
lmao ok thats a good one
Deleted my comment? Uncalled for Connor! Show some class.
I just checked. Your other comment didn’t get through the filter because you used inappropriate language.
If I want trash, I’ll pick up the NYT or Wapo. How about some good ol reporting with no biased opinion?
What biased opinion? Mike Fiers was in the trade. Mike Fiers blew the whistle on the Astros. Those are facts, not opinions.
Connor, don’t listen to this nonsense. everybody takes offense to everything now.
I’d rather you highlight his 2 no-hitters as his legacy, over something that looks like you are taking a shot at him.
Also with politics are the way they are right now, that word is not a positive thing. Chelsea Manning has spent almost 10 years in prison for being one of those, as has Edward Snowden. Please dont fall victim to clickbait BS.
Why would I highlight Mike Fiers’ no-hitters in a post about Carlos Gomez?
I’m not going to argue your intent. You know why you wrote that line the way you did.
this post shows your bias montana, not his, you are just trying to find something to b—- about, do us all a favor and stop
well he used pine tar for one of his no hitters. sooooooooo…
Why would you highlight sign stealing in a post about Gomez?
Because you felt the need to make some descriptive comment about him – you could have also written nothing about him other than his name. I’m saying if you needed to highlight him, thats what we want to see. Instead you went full on clickbait BS.
@strike four just stop already.
He didn’t blow the whistle, The Athletic did, he just responded to their report, one of the only players NOT to lie when asked (Carlos Beltran)
@Strike Four – please knock it off. The reason it was mentioned is because it is an ongoing scandal. It’s Article Writing 101 to use a descriptor like that about someone who is currently in the news. Get a grip.
@sippycups – absolutely never. Is that a threat? lol Fiers needs to be protected by the media and this site is not doing that with stuff like this.
Now “Whistleblowing HERO Mike Fiers” is what should have been written.
@rct – ok fine, you go on twitter and reply to every twitter psychopath threatening him. I’ll wait…
Too much PC on the part of some of these commenting readers. Can’t we all just get along?
Probably the same reason you would highlight him being a whistleblower in an article about Carlos Gomez.
Neither one has to do with Carlos Gomez, so why is one appropriate to highlight and the other isn’t?
By the same token, why would you point out the whistleblower aspect? Trash
Well, if Gomez hadn’t fallen flat in an Astros uniform in 2016, he might have been on that 2017 team…
Breaking a story is still speculation. Journalists will generally have two anonymous sources. So a journalist, who was not there – like the Athletic article writer is not a whistleblower. The person who was there that comes forward with no anonymity is the whistleblower.
Deleted me again? Filters, yeah right.
I’ve honestly deleted nothing. Again, your only comment that’s stuck in the filter is the one in which you used language that isn’t allowed here. Maybe resubmit it without the curse word?
start making relevant posts and maybe your post will go up
Perhaps a poor choice of words, but not egregious. It is telling that the Fiers comments are eclipsing Gomez comments 20 to 1 in a piece about his retirement. Too bad the guy wasn’t traded for James Sheilds… or he didn’t announce his retirement last week.
Carlos and Brian McCann can now go on their honeymoon.
I remember when Mets fans were hyping Carlos up as the next Willie Mays lol.
Retiring as a Met player so he can apply for their new managerial opening? Carlos Scandal-less Gomez!
Then Mets fans can forget about the hyping of Gomez as their next Willie Mays and start plugging him as the second coming of Gil Hodges and Davey Johnson!
um hes retiring a brewer. reading is good
Yes, I also read, “Gomez’s big league career began and ended with the Mets,” who also have a managerial opening as we post.
Reading all the way through was the statement. You will see CarGo day he is retiring as a brewer.
To be fair, Gomez had two Willie Mays-esque years for the Brewers.
To be fair, Willie Mays also had two Carlos Gomez-esque years for the Mets!
Nope, Mays had 1.6 bWAR in 135 games for the Mets in his career.
Gomez had 12.3 bWAR in 295 games in 13-14.
If you are going to tell a joke, at least be funny.
Is your joke comparing two Gomez years to mays? Now that’s funny!
Willie Mays at age 36, but sure.
There was nothing like watching Gomez burn around the bases. He was friggin fast. I remember his first game with the Twins… snowy opening day 2008 after the Santana trade. The dude could move.
This is the best post in this thread. Respect.
Love Gomez (Brewers Fan). That trade continues to be the gift that keeps on/will keep on giving. Got a few good seasons of Domingo Santana before turning him into Ben Gamel. Traded Brett Phillips for Mike Moustaskas, and still have Josh Hader/Adrian Houser from that deal.
connor Byrne should be fired for the way he used that obvious jab at fiers.
you should toughen up and stop being so offended at the most benign s—
yeah, its not like psycho homer trashtro fans on twitter are literally calling for Fiers to get beaten and murdered or anything, nope, its alll about you and how you dont want anyone to dispute this really irresponsible thing Connor did.
Please explain how on earth it’s a jab to make a factual statement about Mike Fiers. I’m baffled as to how anyone could even interpret that as a ‘jab’, much less an ‘obvious jab’.
It’s not “factual” you cretin. The Athletic broke it long before he spoke up.
Some of the commenters on this sight need to get some anger management counseling. I won’t mention you all by name. You know who you are.
Yeah and you probably should not go out of your way to get a man murdered. @Me Myself – im @’ing you because Im NOT a coward.
I’ll call you out strike 4. Fiers chose to speak up whether it was before or after the Athletic. With no disrespect to Conor I don’t think what he posts on this site will have any impact on those select few crazy Astros fans. Also do you think caps lock gets your point across better? It doesn’t.
How egregious. Can’t even spell the authors name correctly. Trying to get your point across better?
Factual or not it didn’t belong in the article.
You’re so stupid.
youre much, much worse
Does anyone like this guy anyways…. I never liked him
No one asked you whether you liked him, lol stop posting dummy
? Is a post board on a rumor site…. pretty much have the freedom to post anything just as much as u had the freedom to post your ridiculous comment
Leave him be bravesfan. Clearly he had nothing to do last night and felt the need to respond to legit every comment on here.
Just in time to become the next Mets manager!!
Carlos the Scandalous replaced by Carlos the Scandal-less!
lmao, good one
“…sign-stealing whistleblower Mike Fiers.” This site has reached new lows. Please get Connor Byrne off of MLBTradeRumors!!!
This escalated quickly. He referenced fiers in that manner because that is how he’s best known right now. Not a dig. Lots of people throw no hitters, hardly a reference point for you to know who he’s talking about. Connor was giving you a reference point as to who was involved in the trade. Get off your soap boxes. It’s a sports site and Connor is doing his job. Connor, I’m Farhan on the chat sessions, show me some love! Lol
He should have not said anything after his name. OR said “owner of 2 no hitters”.
Quit kissing butt. No ones answering you dumb questions on chats, because they are dumb.
Lmao. You guys are so sensitive. It’s like somebody peed in your collective Wheaties this morning.
And yet here you are complaining about me. You are the bad guy here, you know this right? “my way or the highway” types are the absolute worst people on the planet.
Which is why you’re demanding he edit his piece?
Im demanding he edit his piece because a mans life is being threatened.
Your way or the highway right?
Yeah, trying to prevent a man getting murdered is all about “winning” right? Isnt that how you peabrained imbeciles think?
“my way way or the highway” types are the worst people on the planet. LMAO!!! This is too funny. You don’t practice what you preach, and you’ve called about ten different people names and put them down because they don’t agree with you. In your own words, you are one of the worst people on Earth. lol. I disagree with you assertion of yourself. Despite us not agreeing on this, you’re still a good guy. Connor editing his piece is not harming or saving Michael fiers. God bless you for caring though.
You know, just because you take the side of psychos, doesnt mean you are in the right. I am in the right because Im taking the side of Fiers and want him protected by the media at all costs. That annoys you, because you make it into a “winning” the argument thing when it isnt about that.
You tried to turn this into a personal thing about “weak” or “sensitive” people but its just normal discourse. I suggest turn off fox news and all msm and just using basic common sense for once, which includes calling out journos for making the wrong choice sometimes, like Connor deserved here.
Again with the insults. You aren’t saving a man’s life. Put down the cough syrup dude. Everybody is tough on the internet. Nobody is actually going to pay Tony Kemp, or anyone else to hurt fiers. How much would a Twitter troll have to pay Tony Kemp? You think they have that kind of money? It’s internet tough guy spewing negativity. This is really a waste of time. So I’m done trying to explain to you that this has no bearing on anyone’s life. Good day sir. I SAID GOOD DAY!
In your mouth. Lmao
Kissing butt just to get some love on chat.. Please, please, please Connor, show me some love!!!!!!
nothing to do with that, way to read into that, he acted like a crazy person at times, nothing to do with race, just actions
It’s like an angry mob of sloppy wet pizzas.
The Brewers traded Gomez (and sign-stealing whistleblower Mike Fiers) to the Astros??
BS and uncalled for, obviously people are taking this as a dig even if you were just trying to be funny.
And he’s not a whistleblower, the athletic already broke the story before he said anything
Exactly. Connor blew it but he’s making it worse by not editing it and deleting all these comments.
I can’t speak for anyone but else, but I come to this website to get a snapshot of MLB news and rumors on an immediate basis…often times before it hits the mainstream news. What I don’t come here for is MLBTR writer’s slants, biased opinions and commentary….that’s what we readers do in this comments section.
Boom, great post.
You are coming to the wrong place if you want real unbiased up-to-date MLB news. Connor is the wanna be for anything baseball related.
Wow. Anyone who reads that as a jab should really consider working on their reading comprehension skills.
With the Astros scandal being the hot topic atm, Connor was utilizing the story as a point of reference. You know, like good writers do.
All this talk about it being a joke or a jab really baffles me….
“MLBTR writer’s slants, biased opinions and commentary…”
Did Mike Fiers whistleblow the astros sign stealing scandal? Yeah, he did. So its not a slant, biased opinion or commentary. Its a FACT. The Athletic reported but Fiers sounded the alarm.
Hey genius, go on twitter and see all the lunatics on there literally talking about murdering Fiers. After Tony Kemp was traded to Oakland, there were posts @’ing him offering him money to beat Fiers up.
Its not about politics here, its about saving a mans life, literally. This is such a narrow-minded, shortsighted view and the worst part is youre never going to understand that.
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP!
You first, babycakes
@Connor Byrne – if you edit this post to get rid of that unnecessary statement, and delete all posts here about that controversial decision, I will never ever @ you about it ever again.
Its ok, we all make mistakes from time to time, but you have all the the power to fix it, and this massive reaction to it should prove that yes, you were out of pocket here and you need to make it right.
Connor – you don’t need to edit anything. You are correct!
Me Myself – you are a coward pathetic troll, this isnt about you vs me. its about not getting Fiers murdered by a psychotic homer sports fan.
If someone is crazy enough to go out and kill another human being over this whole fisaco, I don’t think retracting that one statement in this article is going to stop them.
But why would you even entertain it when it’s so easy to avoid?
I was today years old when I realized whistle blower is some kind of slur. The more you know.
Keep up the great work Connor. If any one of these people have to disappear from your website because of that word, everybody’s better off for it.
Its not a slur, its complicated. But team-sports politics fans have no idea what that means. Its all “good” or “bad” and there’s been way too many American citizens thrown in prison for no reason other than being “whistleblowers”.
Your own lack of perspective here really shows why no one should ever take your posts or takes seriously.
I get both sides of this discussion. Obivously, Fiers is a whistleblower. It’s factually true. On the other hand, we have people on THIS site calling for Fiers to come to HARM (“Snitches Get Stitches”). I guarantee there are people in THIS COMMUNITY who would be downright happy to see Fiers DIE. They put the cheaters above the whistleblower. Talk about low character. (I, for example, do not defend A-Rod for a moment. And at least he’s a cheater who copped to his crime.) There’s no way you can or should under-appreciate the situation Fiers is in. Making “whistleblower” part of Fiers’s name isn’t the wisest path at the moment.
Mo4ever – Fiers was NOT the whistleblower here.
The Athletic was.
He simply added his stories.
Now he’s getting painted as the posterboy for this, when he wasnt the original one to break the story. And now we have Trevor Bauer, Gary Sheffield and Phil Hughes all chiming in with similar stories.
You post is 100% correct otherwise. Fiers came forward, but it was only after The Athletic broke the story.
Very good point. My bad. I took a break between reading this thread and posting my comment and in the meantime that point which you made very well slipped my mind.
Is there time for one last drug test?
I’m sure your doctor would be glad to give you one.
I enjoyed him as a Ranger, a nice righty speed and power combo that could, with his athleticism and arm, play the whole outfield well. Congrats GoGo.
Gomez was great to watch. Gifted in a baseball sense, but, and probably more importantly, he was great at inflaming to tempers of the teams he played against. His outbursts towards umpires were lovely. The game is going to miss this guy. He wasn’t a “hot dog”, he was just being himself. Someday I hope a some team fields a starting squad with 3 or 4 Carlos Gomez types. Wouldn’t that be fun to watch?
About time…..
Call me crazy, but I’ve always thought Gomez was one of those guys who would make a great manager. A real firebrand, gets people pumped up, but also keeps his head on his shoulders. I doubt they’ll actually do it, but the Mets should at least consider hiring him as manager.
Call me crazy, but I’ve always thought Gomez was one of those guys who would make a great manager. A real firebrand, gets people pumped up, but also keeps his head on his shoulders. I doubt they’ll actually do it, but the Mets should at least consider hiring him as manager.
So….. CarGo best years were 2010-14 when he was benefitting from hgh use in the DR every off-season. So-called ‘blood testing’ began in 13-14 but testing only done 1-2 times per season. After quite a few still used it in off-season up through’17-’18 testing was done more frequently.
Strike Four crying in the comments about something they can’t control was more amusing than the post itself. Just so you are aware professional athletes receive death threats on regular basis just for playing on a team that a fan doesn’t like. You’re bananas if you think removing a FACT (it doesn’t matter who said what first) is going to change any outcome for Fiers.
Well earned retirement! Gomez played with pure passion which made him one of my favorite players to watch.
Go-Go!!!!!