Brewers sign Trent Oeltjen to minor league deal

So says the THwitter.

The Australian outfielder turns 27 in February and appeared in 24 games for the D-Backs last season, hitting .243/.250/.457. He's hit .294/.347/.452 over the last three seasons in AAA for Rochester (Twins), Tucson and Reno (D-Backs).

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So,

First, we have the “o” from doll, pod, bot
Then , “ch” as in china
Then the “e” from bed, bet, men
Finally, “n” from can.

by Mykenk on Dec 4, 2009 2:33 PM CST up reply actions

And, of course, the "l" that I forgot, from lie.

by Mykenk on Dec 4, 2009 2:33 PM CST up reply actions

Pretty sure it's like it looks

Olt-gin

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

by Kyle Lobner on Dec 4, 2009 2:27 PM CST up reply actions

Old Gin?

Eh, it’s Friday afternoon. I can have one.

by Rubie Q on Dec 4, 2009 2:28 PM CST up reply actions

yeah, thats your one

next is flagged

"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."

by Hyatt on Dec 4, 2009 2:45 PM CST up reply actions

I was thinking maybe

elt-gin

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 Dec 4, 2009 5:16 PM CST up reply actions

An Australian utilityman named Trent

I’ve heard this story before.

by TheJay on Dec 4, 2009 2:54 PM CST reply actions

I was thinking

a guy about to repeat AAA again gets a ST invite, is old for prospect.

Sounds like Melvin is trying to refocus his minor league priorities!

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 Dec 4, 2009 5:46 PM CST up reply actions

I think you could call him the scrappy foreign version of Jason Bourgeois

by TheJay on Dec 4, 2009 6:17 PM CST up reply actions

Scrappy or gritty?

It’s an important distinction.

Applying Simpsons and Star Wars quotes to Brewers discussions since 2009.

by Yar Nivek on Dec 4, 2009 6:28 PM CST up reply actions

He's too young to be gritty

And foreign to boot.

by TheJay on Dec 4, 2009 6:30 PM CST up reply actions

What is it with Milwaukee sports teams and Australians?

First Bogut, now this guy. Next thing you know, we’ll all be throwing shrimp on the barb-e.

I think it's the grunt that does it for me...

by kirbir on Dec 4, 2009 6:32 PM CST reply actions

No, I'm pretty sure

you mean “first Nilsson, then Bogut, and THEN this guy!”

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 Dec 4, 2009 7:06 PM CST up reply actions

Graeme Lloyd was in there too

by TheJay on Dec 4, 2009 7:07 PM CST up reply actions

How could I forget

With that travesty of vowels in his first name, too.

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 Dec 4, 2009 7:08 PM CST up reply actions

Go ahead, keep listing Australian Brewers.

Just make KLSnow’s start all over because everyone knows the answers to his next Sporcle quiz.

Applying Simpsons and Star Wars quotes to Brewers discussions since 2009.

by Yar Nivek on Dec 4, 2009 7:39 PM CST up reply actions

you forgot Balfour

for the, like, week and a half he was here

by morineko on Dec 4, 2009 10:41 PM CST up reply actions

What is it...

with the Brewers and Australians named Trent? Oeltjen has to make the bigs with Milwaukee, if only so they can say they have employed every major leaguer ever named Trent.

You've got a couple screws missin' up in your toolbox, if you think that you'll stop this man from hittin' moonshots.

by hawing on Dec 4, 2009 6:52 PM CST reply actions

hope there was a typo in that name....

by PagsBrewCrew on Dec 4, 2009 7:09 PM CST reply actions

This guy is totally stealing my thunder from down under.

by Trent Durrington on Dec 4, 2009 11:23 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

I look forward

to seeing an Oeltjen jersey at a Brewers clubhouse sale one of these years.

You've got a couple screws missin' up in your toolbox, if you think that you'll stop this man from hittin' moonshots.

by hawing on Dec 5, 2009 12:49 PM CST reply actions

so I did some reconnaissance over on the D-Backs blog

and apparently Oeltjen is rilly, rilly hot like burning according to the heterosexual female contingent over there. I think we may have a replacement for J.J. Hardy in the hearts of the Crew’s deprived fanbase.

In more important news, he’s really fourth-outfieldery, which is what I expected.

by morineko on Dec 6, 2009 12:01 AM CST reply actions

Jody Gerut, we hardly knew thee

"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 Dec 6, 2009 9:43 AM CST up reply actions

Jody Gerut is NOT hot

The heterosexual mancrush crowd needs a replacement.

Taking shallowness to new depths -- FtJ's blog

by Fatter than Joey on Dec 6, 2009 10:50 AM CST up reply actions

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