Bourgeois claimed off waivers by Houston, Burns, Stern agree to minor league deals

Apparently the Brewers tried to pass Bourgeois (a Houston native) through waivers to outright him back to the minors, and he got claimed.

Meanwhile, Mike Burns gets little more than an extreme outside shot at making the rotation next spring, and Adam Stern, who spent most of 2009 in AA and will be 30 before spring training, remains on board as roster filler in an organization that needs warm bodies to play center field.

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Lame

I liked Boojwa.

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Oct 26, 2009 1:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Exactly

Be cool, and relax. Take a breath, take ten paces back.

The coolest motherfunker on the planet.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 26, 2009 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Adam Stern is only 29?

Sign Corky Miller

by TheJay on Oct 26, 2009 2:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

unless bref is somehow mistaken

He turns 30 in february.

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by KLSnow on Oct 26, 2009 2:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

For some reason I thought he was 32 or 33

Sign Corky Miller

by TheJay on Oct 26, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe he's an "old soul."

What begins in fear usually ends in folly.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 26, 2009 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been called that.

I think it’s just because people get sick of me quickly.

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by KLSnow on Oct 26, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Personally, I think it's a pretty good compliment.

Probably because it’s about 100 miles away from my personality. Closest I’ve ever been called is “that old asshole” by some of the folks I encounter at work.

What begins in fear usually ends in folly.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 26, 2009 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting...

with Cameron becoming a free agent, you’d think that they’d keep Bourgeois around at least through spring training.

Anyone have any idea why the Brewers decided to move him off their 40-man roster… particularly since they didn’t add anyone? Wouldn’t it make more sense to wait until they add someone… unless we’re about to hear something soon?

by sjlee on Oct 26, 2009 4:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The Zack Grienke trade, of course

after the World Series.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Oct 26, 2009 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Oct 26, 2009 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sure, keep scoffing.

Just wait until it turns out to be true.

by NoahJ on Oct 26, 2009 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably didn't think he was really an option in the major league outfield next season

Sign Corky Miller

by TheJay on Oct 26, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do they not have to put a couple of guys onto the 40 man roster before the rule IV draft so that they do not lose them?

by Saltire on Oct 26, 2009 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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