Mat Gamel has been one of the top prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers’ system for what feels like forever. A third baseman for his entire Minor League career, Gamel has shown a lot of promise; in 2008, he led the Southern League in RBI’s, total bases, and extra-base hits while finishing fourth in OPS. Overall, he has hit .302/.376/.489 in about 2700 minor league plate appearances.
This includes exactly 162 games and 702 plate appearances for the AAA Nashville Sounds. His line there? .293/.375/.489 with 25 home runs and 118 RBI’s.
His professional playing career also includes a stint with the 2009 Brewers. Fighting to stay in the playoff hunt, the Brewers called up Gamel, who had been doing well at AAA. They were hoping to get the same kind of magical season that they got from Ryan Braun in 2007; that year, the National League Rookie of the Year set a Major League record for rookie slugging percentage, and he hasn’t looked back.
The magic never came; Gamel str...
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