Me.

I would rather have Heether up instead of him. Even though he's right handed, he gives us a better chance of a productive AB. Hall can always play the OF in a pinch.

Gerut is better than Gwynn Jr.

 Tony Gwynn Jr.'s Career OPS in 410 Major League PA is .665.

Jody Gerut's Career OPS in 1776 PA is .764

Gerut > Gwynn and it's not even close.

iw433:

does anyone still believe jody gerut is better than tony jr.?

I do.

A major league 4th outfielder is better than a minor league 4th outfielder any day of the week.

BrewerFanatic:

I would rather have Heether up instead of him. Even though he's right handed, he gives us a better chance of a productive AB. Hall can always play the OF in a pinch.

While I wouldn't mind giving Heether a shot I think that the Brewers would need a backup CFer at that point.  Maybe Jason Bourgeois would be a better choice.  He doesn't have nearly as hot of a bat as Heether but he is hitting over .300.

Then again the upgrade is probably not worth losing Jody Gerut outright unless we could send him down get steady playing time for a month or so to get turned around and come back up and contribute.

Gwynn had no future w/ the Brewers and represented next to nothing in terms of trade value.  They did him a solid by trading him to his hometown.  Gerut is probably going to give the Brewers what Gwynn would have:  next to nothing.  The whole thing is non-event as far I'm concerned. 

MrQuestions:

 Tony Gwynn Jr.'s Career OPS in 410 Major League PA is .665.

Jody Gerut's Career OPS in 1776 PA is .764

Gerut > Gwynn and it's not even close.

Interesting choice of statistical set, because the two are trending very much the opposite way from what you are suggesting.

I think the jury is still out on this one.  Gerut looks like a man with no confidence, and Gwynn just the opposite after being given a chance in essentially his hometown.  Impossible to say whether that will hold over the long term, or if Gerut follows a pattern that we've seen with Jenkins and Hall.

too small a playing time sample to even make a opinion.        same with TGJ.

but if i had to pick   TGJ

The_Igniter:

BrewerFanatic:

I would rather have Heether up instead of him. Even though he's right handed, he gives us a better chance of a productive AB. Hall can always play the OF in a pinch.

While I wouldn't mind giving Heether a shot I think that the Brewers would need a backup CFer at that point.  Maybe Jason Bourgeois would be a better choice.  He doesn't have nearly as hot of a bat as Heether but he is hitting over .300.

Then again the upgrade is probably not worth losing Jody Gerut outright unless we could send him down get steady playing time for a month or so to get turned around and come back up and contribute.

Jody Gerut hit .296/.351/.494/.845 in over 350 AB's last year in San Diego, guys.

There is a reason for that. He's not doing well at the moment, but odds are that isn't going to last.

Heether and  Bourgeois are also not as good as Gerut.

 He was out of baseball for two years. Gerut had one good year and, last year, and it was a fluke on a team that didn't give a crap. Being good on a team that only had 63 wins in the West is not that difficult. You might as well go back to 2002, and tell us how great Jose Hernandez was. Gerut is a dead man walking. His OPS with Milwaukee is .265. There is no way that guy should linger on this roster.

geddymd72:

 He was out of baseball for two years. Gerut had one good year and, last year, and it was a fluke on a team that didn't give a crap. Being good on a team that only had 63 wins in the West is not that difficult. You might as well go back to 2002, and tell us how great Jose Hernandez was. Gerut is a dead man walking. His OPS with Milwaukee is .265. There is no way that guy should linger on this roster.

Knee Jerk.