Brent Clevlen has been assigned to the Louisville Bats. Guessing Barton will be DLed to make room. He is an outfielder with some recent major league playing time.
Brent Clevlen has been assigned to the Louisville Bats. Guessing Barton will be DLed to make room. He is an outfielder with some recent major league playing time.
Former Tiger. He has some time.
The Reds have signed Brent Clevlen, who is starting in center field for the Louisville Bats tonight. He was the #98 prospect in all of baseball just before the 2004 season. http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...levlbr01.shtml
Career: 3 HR, .234 BA, 7 RBI, OF, Tigers/Braves 2006-2010, b:R/t:R, born in TX 1983
Cant hurt, I s'pose.
Ill take it. Worth a shot.
-Matt
I wonder if this might be a precursor that Gomes' days are numbered, and an Alonso call up for LF is in the near future.
Maybe other teams do this also--I wouldn't know, since I don't closely follow other organizations--but it seems that the Reds are being fairly active in signing washed-out (if you could call it that) former high draft picks. Clevlen is the latest. This year alone, the list also includes Kyle McCullough (first round, White Sox, 06), James Adkins (first round, Dodgers, 07), and Eric Campbell (second round, Braves, 04). If you consider the fifth round to be high, there's also Quintin Berry (Phillies, 06). Last year, the leading example was Mike Costanzo (second round, Phillies, 05). Of course, I could be missing a player or two.
Can't argue with the strategy.
Jim Bowden made a living off that. Jeffrey Hammonds, Michael Tucker, Ron Villone, Dan Serafini, Mike Kelly, Dave McCarty, Joey Hamilton, Shawn Estes, Eduardo Perez, Todd Van Poppell, Adam Hyzdu, Aaron Holbert, Gabe White, Tom Nevers, Ben VanRyn, Brooks Kieschnick, Mike Bell, Paul Wilson, Scott Elarton, Jacob Cruz, Reggie Taylor, etc.
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I would be shocked if Clevlen was one of the next three or four callups from Louisville. He's going to have to mash to earn a shot in this crowded field.
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