The Milwaukee Brewers signed Utility Jason Bourgeois to a Minor League contract and Left-hand Reliever RJ Swindle to a Major League contract on Tuesday.
Bourgeois, a nine-year Minor League veteran, spent most of his time at Triple-A Charlotte as a member of the Chicago White Sox organization. This past season he hit .286 with a .335 On-Base-Percentage (OBP), nine home runs, 83 runs, and 30 stolen bases. In the nine seasons he has spent in the Minor Leagues, Bourgeois has stolen a total of 201 bases. Whether he will have a role in the Major Leagues next season is yet to be known. At most he would be a reserve, but will have to battle with players such as Casey McGehee, Alcides Escobar, Mat Gamel, Hernan Iribarren, Tony Gwynn Jr, and Brad Nelson for a bench role.
Swindle, a 14th-round Draft pick by the Red Sox in 2004, is a soft-tossing, left-handed reliever. As a reliever in the minors over the past four seasons, Swindle has posted a phenomenal 1.58 ERA in 194 innings while striking out ...
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Brewers promote scouts, sign reliever
jsonline.com 11/25/2008 — Nov. 25, 2008 3:14 p.m. The Brewers promoted two of their top scouts today to fill roles previously vacated by promotions. Doug Renolds was named East Coast crosschecker and Corey Rodriguez West Coast crosschecker. Rodriguez replaces Bruce Seid, who ...
Brewers Sign R.J. Swindle
beyondtheboxscore.com 11/26/2008 — It's time to scratch off one of the more promising freely available LOOGYs today. The Milwaukee Brewers have signed R.J. Swindle to a one-year major league deal. The contract is apparently a split deal, but Swindle will make the 400k minimum if he ...
White Sox Off-Season Goal Becoming Clear
southsidesox.com 11/26/2008 — Kenny Williams likes to keep his cards close to his chest, so it's never easy to know what he's thinking, or in which direction he's looking to take the makeup of the club. Add the highly questionable Nick Swisher trade to Williams' unpredictability ...
Brewers sign somebody!
brewcrewball.com 11/26/2008 — Remember when I said today was a slow news day? I take it all back.
Tom H. reports that the Brewers just signed R.J. Swindle to a major league contract. Pay no attention to his MLB career .409 BAA (OK, in fewer than 5 major league ...
The Trade Kenny Williams Should Make —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/25/2008
They've done it before. The White Sox and Rangers made a deal last year that saw pitchers Nick Massett and John Danks come to Chicago for Brandon McCarthy.
Could they do it again?
Very simple: the Chicago White Sox trade starter Javier Vazquez ...
Dye hasn't been contacted about deal —
Major League Baseball News 11/25/2008
Neither Jermaine Dye nor Bob Bry, Dye's longtime agent, have heard anything from general manager Ken Williams, assistant general manager Rick Hahn or any other team regarding a possible trade of the White Sox right fielder. That piece of information ...
