Yesterday second baseman/utility man Hernan Iribarren was claimed off of waivers by the Texas Rangers. An interesting note here is that earlier in the off season the Brewers claimed utility man Joe Inglett from Texas.
Hernan was actually one of the longest tenured Brewers in the system, having signed out of the Dominican in 2002. He mostly played second with some center field, but had also tried his hand at short and third. He hit well over .300 in his long minor league career but only .185 in two brief Big League stints. I guess that problem with him was his lack of greatness at anything... he hit for average sure, but no real power, not an exceptional fielder, not really a utility guy... Oh well. The Brewers have an experienced utility man in Inglett now (Joe also has over 600 at bats in the Bigs) and Hernan gets to try his hand at making the Texas club, where he may have a decent shot. I kind of got the vibe about Iribarren was somewhat like Gwynn Jr., seemingly a decent player, but lacking certain tools and just never held in a high opinion by the front office...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment