Brewers first baseman Jon Singleton went unclaimed on waivers following his recent DFA and elected free agency rather than accepting an outright assignment to Triple-A, tweets Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. He’s now free to sign with any team.
Singleton, 31, returned to the Majors for the first time since 2015 this season but struggled in 11 games and 32 plate appearances for the Brewers. During that time, he slashed just .103/.183/.138 –a far cry from the more robust .258/.384/.483 line he delivered in 216 Triple-A plate appearances prior to his call to the big leagues.
Once one of baseball’s top-ranked prospects, Singleton was out of the game entirely from 2018-20 before resurfacing with a strong showing in the Mexican League back in 2021. He parlayed the .321/.503/.693 batting line (in a comically hitter-friendly setting) into a minor league deal with the Brewers, with whom he spent the entire 2022 season and the 2023 season until today’s decision.
Since returning to affiliated ball, Singleton has displayed plenty of power and a prodigious walk rate in Triple-A Nashville, batting a combined .230/.378/.448 with 34 home runs, 30 doubles and three triples in that time. Along the way, he’s walked at a gaudy 19.3% clip and punched out in 25.3% of his plate appearances — though he’s actually cut down on the strikeouts substantially this season (27.7% rate in 2022 compared to 19% in 2023). He obviously hasn’t put things together in the big leagues at any point in his brief MLB career, but Singleton’s power and plate discipline profile in his recent work at the Triple-A level could still intrigue a club hoping to add some left-handed pop to its depth chart.
Looks like he wants to go home and smoke a blunt instead of the minors
Gives him more time to get high rather than being a productive member of society.
Yes like all those losers who drink alcohol.
Exactly. Why poison your temple?
Right? Why can’t he comment on MLB forums and make a REAL difference like the rest of us?
Lemonlyman-Best comment ever.
Look, if he can just get 34 at bats somewhere, he’ll have his dream career complete. Bernie Mac was Mr. 3000*, Jon Singleton will be Mr. 420. Even if his are just at bats.
He was actually at 420 PAs for the 8 years he was.gone, but the Brewers had to go and screw it up.
Realistic question–why take a 25 and 40 man roster spot, especially if you have to create one.
The man is clean now… why rake him over the coals? Can he hit though? Answer looks like no.
Lots of folks bash batting average but that statistic combined with others paints a picture that says, too many holes! Major league pitchers have enough control to exploit the holes in a player’s swing.
Career AAAA player
Kinda boomer’y in the comments
Crazy the difference between the comments on marijuana use and the great reception Lucas Erceg got after getting promoted. One was a former alcoholic and everyone (rightly) praised his progress. Singleton used to smoke marijuana and he is a loser apparently. Addiction is addiction. Why is it more commendable to be a former addict who used a worse drug? Also,people love to act like marijuana addiction is silly and that it isn’t like that but it is very much potentially an addictive drug. And once again there is no real difference between a drug addict and a person who picks up their phone every 2 minutes because they start to feel a little depressed/bored when they sit there without a distraction. Shopping, sex, phones, drugs, what’s your distraction of choice from the existential crisis you are evading? Some feel it more than others. That’s actually a sign they are more aware of their true feelings about their lives, have had a tougher time fitting in, etc.
Also the only reason we know he used marijuana is minor league testing. Wonder how many major leaguers enjoy smoking after a game?
Surely he will find some team looking for a hitter that hits .103 and under .163 for an MLB career.
Kinda tragic – in 2014 he was having Nice Dreams of his MLB future. I. 2015 he was on to his next movie in the PCL. In 2018 things got tough all over with his suspension. In 2020 he proved his bat was still smoking in Mexico. But things just went up in smoke this year.
I saw him in Puerto Rican winter league in the 2013-14 off-season. He struck out something like 15 times in the 30 plate appearance i saw. Just awful.