The Brewer Advent Calendar #15: Casey McGehee

by Kyle Lobner on Feb 5, 2010 4:00 PM CST in Conversation Starters Comment 7 comments

Behind today's door we find...Casey McGehee!

What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time none of us thought Casey McGehee would even open the season on the roster, much less contend for the NL Rookie of the Year Award. He played well enough to jump in front of Mat Gamel on the depth chart, and is the clear favorite to open the season as the Brewers' everyday third baseman.

Just how good was McGehee's 2009 season? Well, he's only the fourth Brewer third baseman ever to post a .300 batting average, 100 hits, 20 doubles and 15 home runs in a season, and the others are guys you'll probably recognize:

Player	Season	BA	H	2B	HR
Ryan Braun	2007	.324	146	26	34
Paul Molitor	1982	.302	201	26	19
Casey McGehee	2009	.301	107	20	16
Jeff Cirillo	1996	.325	184	46	15
Jeff Cirillo	1999	.326	198	35	15

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Here's to hoping O McG keeps hitting in 2010.

And hoping that if he can’t, Gamel will get the playing time.

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by Yar Nivek on Feb 5, 2010 4:43 PM CST reply actions

More McGehee fun

The top OPS+ (min. 350 PA) since 1950 among rookies 26 or older:

Al Bumbry, 1973, 154
Garrett Jones, 2009, 147
Bob Hamelin, 1994, 146
Dan Gladden, 1984, 145
Walt Dropo, 1950, 134
Dale Long, 1955, 132
Josh Hamilton, 2007, 131
Troy Neel, 1993, 131
Monte Irvin, 1950, 131
Casey McGehee, 2009, 127
Brian Daubach, 1999, 127
Ichiro Suzuki, 2001, 126
Mike Aviles, 2008, 121
Luke Easter, 1950, 121
Bill Howerton, 1950, 121
Jim Dyck, 1952, 120

Irvin and Easter were Negro Leaguers and Ichiro spent his pre-MLB days in Japan. Bumbry, Hamelin, Dropo, and Ichiro were Rookies of the Year.

by TheJay on Feb 5, 2010 6:59 PM CST reply actions

Contract

cant seem to find any info concerning his contract status for 2010…he is locked up for the year, right?

by snyder on Feb 5, 2010 11:51 PM CST reply actions

Yes

I don’t know if he’s signed, but if not the Brewers can renew his contract at whatever price they want (above the minimum, of course) in March.

by TheJay on Feb 6, 2010 7:38 AM CST up reply actions

Yup

2009 was his first year of service time, so he’s not arbitration eligible until the 2012 season.

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 Feb 6, 2010 9:06 AM CST up reply actions

It would be excellent if McG pans out and they can think about using Gamel as a trade chip or at a different position.

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by Bettman's Nightmare on Feb 6, 2010 11:41 AM CST reply actions

I think the second half of your screenname is apt

I think the chances of him panning out are significantly low. But he might act like he’ll pan out for…oh say…another year and then into spring training 2011.

By then we will have shifted/traded Gamel and his floor will fall out.

by PagsBrewCrew on Feb 8, 2010 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

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