2080 Staff; 2080 Jobs; By Chaz Fiorino 05/10/2016.
The current plan is for Christian Yelich to cover left field and Lorenzo Cain to man center while Ryan Braun and Avisail Garcia split time in right field. Ben Gamel. Gamel is not on the verge of seeing a boost in playing time, but he is the only Brewer aside from Braun, Cain and Christian Yelich to start a game in the outfield this month, so he is locked in as the club's fourth outfielder.Gamel doubled his season total for homers on Sunday, with all four coming since April 27.
- When reaching base via a hit or a walk (9 hits, 6 walks), scored 9 runs...Trade - Acquired from New York-AL on Aug. 31 for RHP Jio Orozco, RHP Juan De Paula... IL MVP - International League MVP after batting .308 (149x483) with 26 doubles, 6 home runs, 51 RBI and 19 stolen bases in 116 games with AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (NYY)... With Scranton/Wilkes-Barre - Hit .308 (149x483) with 80 runs, 26 doubles, 5 triples, 6 home runs, 51 RBI, 19 stolen bases, a .365 on-base mark and a .420 slugging percentage in 116 games with AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (New York - AL)...Yankees Review - Made his MLB debut on May 6 vs. Boston with New York…in 6 games with the Yankees, hit .125 (1x8) with 1 run, 1 walk and 1 strikeout. Committed to Florida State University prior to signing with the Yankees... Is the younger brother of former Brewers infielder Mat Gamel (2008-12).....are the second brother duo to play for the team, joining Steve (1986-88) and Mark (1993-96) Kiefer...Enjoys fishing and surfing.Hit .289 (55-for-190) with 19 doubles, 2HR and 30RBI in 55 games with short-season Single-A Staten Island...Was named to the NYPL Mid-Season All-Star team.Spent the entire season with Double-A Trenton, batting .261 (142-for-544) with 58R, 31 doubles, 3 triples, 2HR and 51RBI in 131 games…stole 13 bases in 18 attempts (72.2%)…led the team in hits, doubles and total bases (185)...Was named an EL Mid-Season All-Star…finished the season leading the league in at-bats and ranked third in hits...Reached base safely in 18 straight games from 4/4-23 (.352, 25-for-71) and in 19 straight from 7/1-24 (.321, 25-for-78).Spent the entire season with Single-A Charleston, batting .306 (136-for-444) with 56R, 23 doubles, 5 triples, 2HR, 61RBI and 19SB in 110 games…led the RiverDogs in hits, RBI and total bases (175).Made his professional debut with the GCL Yankees, batting .280 (7-for-25) with 3R and 1 double in seven games.Combined at Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton to hit .267 (115-for-431) with 55R, 32 doubles, 4 triples, 4HR and 54RBI in 112 games…ranked fifth among Yankees minor leaguers in stolen bases (22-for-27, 81.5%)...Began the season with Tampa, hitting safely in 14 of his first 15 games (.357, 20-for-56)…led Tampa in triples (4) and stolen bases (21) and tied for the team lead in doubles (28)...Was transferred to Trenton on 8/15 and went 3-for-7 with 1 double in his Double-A debut…helped the Thunder win the Eastern League Championship by hitting .533 (8-for-15, 3RBI) during the playoffs…hit a "walk-off" single in the bottom of the 10th inning of Trenton's 6-5 win over Binghamton in Game 1 of the EL Division Series on 9/4...Following the season, was tabbed by MiLB.com as an Organization All-Star.Batted .272 with 1 HR and 19 RBI in 101 games with Seattle ... Made 69 starts (39g in LF, 27g in RF, 3g in CF) ... Had two stints with the team (4/18-7/31 and 8/20-end) ... Began the season on the 10-day disabled list with a right oblique strain.....was placed on the DL on 3/28, retroactive to 3/26, and reinstated on 4/18 ... Batted .355 (43-for-121) over 42 games from 5/5-7/1.....ranked fourth in the majors in batting average and sixth in on-base percentage (.426) during this stretch (min. He committed to play college baseball at Florida State University.. New York Yankees. Ben Gamel Position: OF Born: … Gamel doesn't currently have a path to an everyday role, though he could see his opportunities expand if Lorenzo Cain (oblique) requires a trip to the 10-day injured list. This is 40 - Collected 42 hits in June, becoming the 2nd Mariners rookie in club history with at least 40 hits in a month (also: Ichiro, 47 H, May 2001 and 51 H, August 2001); later joined by Mitch Haniger, who tallied 42 hits in September, 2017…became the 13th player in club history to record 40+ hits in a month (done 40x)…joins Jean Segura (43 H in May) and Mitch Haniger (42 H in September) as the only Mariners to accomplish this feat in 2017... Nice Month - Hit .393 (42x107) with 22 runs, 8 doubles, 2 home runs, 11 RBI and 6 walks in 26 games in the month of June…led the Majors in hits in June while ranking 2nd in batting…became the 6th Mariner in club history to hit at least .390 in a month (min.