9:17am: Halt the presses on this one: Heyman now tweets that he mixed up his Beckhams. The Friars were already known to have a deal with infielder Gordon Beckham.
8:32am: The Padres have signed shortstop Tim Beckham, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network (Twitter link). It’s a minor-league arrangement.
Though Beckham can compete in camp for a spot in the pecking order in the San Diego system, he won’t be a candidate to head north on the active roster. He’ll first need to finish serving an 80-game PED suspension.
Beckham would first be eligible to appear with the Pads about a month into the season, but it stands to reason he’ll be ticketed for Triple-A to begin his time with the organization. There isn’t an immediate opening for a roster spot now anyway, though the situation could be quite a bit different come May.
If things go well, Beckham could give the Friars an alternative or complement to second baseman Jurickson Profar. The club also features utility options Ty France and Greg Garcia.
The 30-year-old Beckham has had quite the roller-coaster of a career. He’ll never reach the promise that some foresaw when he was selected with the first overall pick of the 2008 draft. Beckham has had his moments over the years, with stretches of useful and even high-quality play in the majors, but has not yet found consistency.
All told, Beckham owns a .249/.302/.431 lifetime slash line through 1,751 plate appearances — roughly league-average output. He’s probably not quite an average fielder at shortstop and doesn’t run the bases particularly well, but there’s ample reason to believe he’s good enough for a platoon or reserve infield job of some kind in the majors.
My M’s had him last year. Not a world beater, as we all know, but good dude and the bat flip is real. Might find some success in a backup role behind Tatis Jr.
Tatis won’t play whole season il waiting to happen
With Gordon already in the fold, can David be far behind?
Would rather have Victoria.
Maybe or
Maybe public relations. There is a large soccer following in San Diego.
Last season April MVP
Nice insurance for Profar
Problem Is he still has 32 games left on his suspension. If he’s going to be insurance for Tatis, Profar, or anyone else it’s not going to be till around late may or early june.
does he serve the suspension while in the minors? i dont think he does, right?
No. It’s a suspension from baseball activities. You don’t get to.break the rules on a MLB level, then keep your skills sharp while in the minors. They’re also not paid.
If the Padres decided to keep him he could serve his suspension in the minors he just would not be able to play there either.
100%, serve suspension then come up to the MLB team when it’s over. SD not only has Manny now who Beckham played well with in Baltimore before Machado was traded to LAD.
SD also brought in Bobby Dickerson, Wayne Kirby and Ryan Flaherty as new coaches for 2020 all with Baltimore ties. Beckham made a lot of sense if you looked at it through that lense like I did.
Love the signing/gamble for SD.
Called my shot on Twitter earlier this week: @WesPhilly2 same user name as on here, BleacherBum
I think Heyman got this wrong. Meant the Gordon signing from the other day, and not Tim
twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1227612335742824448
Good catch. Heyman the aswipe
Considering the concerns over injuries at shortstop,..
As long as Tatis doesn’t do the splits or his cat-like (twisting in mid-air) jumps, this guy will be in Triple-A all year. I would hope if there’s a problem at second base, that Greg Garcia would be the guy.
They have plenty more that can fill it. Jake cronenworth is on the 40 and Owen Miller is about ready to make an appearance
Don’t forget about profar and manny machado and if need be Greg Garcia
They also have ty France that’s a third baseman by trade if they move manny to short again
Tatis only played 84 games in 2019, don.t see him playing but about 105 games in 2020 especially with his being injury prone.
Let me guess..a White Sox fan?
I really can’t stand Heyman at all.
At least he was first
Tim Beckham will bring much ecstasy into the Padre clubhouse…..
And let’s not pick on Heyman, who was accurate about the Dodgers obtaining Vincent Price……
Gordon* #mybad
iIf there’s one writer who would mess something like this up, it’s Heyman.
Send Heyman to Iowa….they need someone to count votes……..or….he can be next years Oscar presenter for Best Movie…..or……he can MC the Miss USA Pageant and announce the winner.!
Heyman doing Heyman. Never can trust what he says anymore.
Another generation and the term “halt the presses” wont be understood by anybody.
The younger crowd in the gym just put their weights down.
Heyman is a clown– and if you follow some of his twitter stuff, lacking in professionalism at times…. but as someone said… at least he was 1st…
I agree, Heyman is unbearable
So does that mean the Padres can still sign Victoria?
This is frickin funny. Great job Heyman. How many other rumors did you blow this offseason? All of them?
lol