The Brewers have re-signed first baseman Jon Singleton to a minor league contract, the club informed reporters (including Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel). He’s back with the organization after being released last month and receives a non-roster invitation to Spring Training.
Singleton hasn’t played in the majors since 2015, his second season as a member of the Astros. A one-time top prospect and recipient of a $10MM extension before reaching the majors, Singleton struggled to a .171/.290/.331 line through 114 big league games. He connected on 14 home runs with a massive 14.3% walk percentage but struck out at an untenable 36% clip.
After spending a couple seasons in the minors, Singleton was released by Houston. That came on the heels of a suspension after failing a drug test, with the left-handed hitter later admitting he has battled marijuana addiction. Singleton was out of the sport entirely for a few seasons but embarked on a comeback in Mexico two years ago. A monster 46-game run there earned him a minor league opportunity with Milwaukee heading into 2022.
Singleton spent the year with the Brew Crew’s top affiliate in Nashville. He struck out at a near-28% clip and only hit .219, but he more than compensated with his typical blend of patience and power. Singleton walked at a 20.1% clip to reach base at a strong .375 rate and popped 24 home runs in 581 plate appearances. It didn’t get him a big league call but impressed Milwaukee’s front office enough they re-signed him to a minor league deal at the start of the offseason and quickly added him to the 40-man roster to prevent another team from taking him in the Rule 5 draft.
He didn’t retain that roster spot into the season, as he was designated for assignment once the Brew Crew signed Brian Anderson. After clearing waivers and spending a few weeks on the open market, he circled back to the Milwaukee organization. He’ll have to earn his way back onto the 40-man roster, where he’d hope to join Rowdy Tellez and Jesse Winker as lefty bats in the first base/designated hitter rotation.
Queue Peaches and Herb
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to join a FB auction league?
No thanks. I’m buried as it is.
Surprised that he never did the Asian Tour.
His nickname is ironic since he doesn’t single a ton and he’s more of an allor nothing guy.
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I’m glad he’s getting another chance. Would make for a great comeback story
There’s no such thing as “marijuana addiction”.
Keep trying to sell that one.
We’re sold that you’re a moron with an IQ in the 80s. That extra 21st chromosome isn’t serving you well.
Not addictive. Not impairing.
Marijuana addiction is the same as Food addiction.
There’s a reason companies test for it.
Of course, a lot test for nicotine too. They don’t want to pay increased health costs for bad choices. From a business standpoint, you can’t blame them.
Personally, I think it should be legal everywhere and just tax the crap out of it like cigarettes. I have said that for a long time now.
As far as addiction, you can be addicted to anything.
The reason they test for it is that they are fascist, racist, psychopathic morons.
It is NOT addictive. It causes ZERO impairment.
And this has been proven by studies for over 50 years.
You’re a braindead, brainwashed, establishment tool.
I worked at a company that became #1 in the world at its business, and we took a smoke break every two hours. Management and warehouse staff. I’ve also dunked on an NBA hall of famer and played most every game high, shooting about 80% from the field. And beat a hall of famer at disc golf.
You CANNOT be addicted to anything. I’m a biologist. Trust me.
Weed has only POSITIVE health outcomes. It shrinks tumors. It reduces lung disorders by opening the alveoli.
It’s a MEDICINE. Not a drug (all of which are corrupt).
And impairs you about as much as chile peppers.
I was never a moron who was on twitter, thinking in small and unstable sound bytes.
Unlike you.
How did you become so dumb and psychopoathic?
To be fair to the kind herb, it won’t make you fat and prone to cancer, arthritis, and diabetes like food addictions (I mean sugar WAS declared a toxin by the ADA in 2013).
Apparently someone hit a nerve, which tells me it was right on the money.
I know enough health care professionals that I could write a soliloquy on the subject , but you wouldn’t listen. You just want excuses to do as you like.
There’s a reason there is an opioid epidemic in this country. Everyone wants something to feel good instead of facing reality. Of course people faced the real world for thousands of years and dealt with it, but hey, you all want the east way out.
Let me know if you ever get out of mom’s basement…but I doubt it.
I’m taking the “west” way out.
“Marijuana addiction”??? Cripes. I’ve lived in states with legal weed for so long now that I forget people still believe that stuff.
Do some actual research on it.
Good one pdx. You are smart.
And some people ignore facts just so they can continue to be low-life losers.
Some people just can’t learn and still believe racist propaganda from 1936.
If there was ever a legit reason for a…
Wow!
I hope he invested well the money the Astros threw away on him.
That money went up in smoke.
This guy was one of the first early extension players that ended up being a complete bust. Next up, the Braves aggressive, long-term signings will be haunting them for a long time. Albies and Acuna are already a failed experiment due to injuries (both) and attitude concerns (Acuna).
Scott Kingery is another failed way-too-early-extension.
Not all of them. Brewers probably did OK with Freddy and Ashby.