Gamel hurts knee again, released by Braves

[JohnBriggs12]

Steve Adams reported in his MLB trade rumors chat that Gamel hurt his knee again and has been released by Atlanta.

 

May be the end of the road for Mat.

[torts]

what an unfortunate last couple of years for him.

[brwrsfan]

Gotta feel somewhat bad for the guy. Yeah, he may have been somewhat lazy and out of shape at times, but having 3 potentially torn ACL's is just incredibly bad luck.

[fondybrewfan]

Perhaps he should find a new doctor for the 3rd surgery. He probably didn't make enough money to retire either; welcome to the work force Mat!!

[RobDeer 45]

Brutal. I wonder if his giant chew being positioned on one side of his lip has contributed to an uneven amount of stress on that knee. He should look at positioning it in the middle and maybe consider doing it "upper" style in the future.

 

Sorry, bad jokes. I do feel bad for him. 3 ACLs in baseball is horrible luck.

[brewcrewdue80]

Pretty reassures my stance on the idea of signing Hart was going to be a bad one. Any week now news will likely break Hart will start the season on the DL.

[HiAndTight]

Pretty reassures my stance on the idea of signing Hart was going to be a bad one. Any week now news will likely break Hart will start the season on the DL.

 

 

I don't think Mat Gamel's knees have anything to do with Corey Hart's. Responses to knee injuries are extremely varied.

 

Plus, weren't the Braves planning on having Gamel attempt to play both corner OF positions as well as both corner IF positions? A little different than just 1st base.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Mat Gamel just has unreal bad luck. Unbelievable. Feel terrible for him.

[endaround]

Perhaps he should find a new doctor for the 3rd surgery. He probably didn't make enough money to retire either; welcome to the work force Mat!!

 

Well he did get a full season of time so he has a pension. He likely could get a college coaching job somewhere.

[DHonks]

does the pension kick in then? I know the big pension is earned after 10 years of service time.

[RockCoCougars]

If he didn't have bad luck, he wouldn't have any at all. Sad to think that all of this started on an effort play trying to run a foul pop up down.

 

As for Melvin, he does seem to know when to back off a guy due to medical concerns. That has to make you wonder about Hart going forward.

[Eye Black]

does the pension kick in then? I know the big pension is earned after 10 years of service time.

He will get a pension since he has 3 years of service time (only 43 days is required for the minimum pension). From what I could find, the minimum pension starts at $34,000 annually, so he will get some amount beyond that.

[DocLuna7]

Regardless of the pension, I really do just feel bad for the guy. He wasn't injuring his knees because he came to camp out of shape. Just a real terrible string of bad luck.

[DHonks]

Hopefully he can bounce back. There's still a lot of money to be made, and MLB is currently weak at 1b.

[Mike2k33]

Some people are not made physically to play pro sports.

 

I wish him the best. He just wasn't made for the daily grind of baseball.