Jimmy Gobble … who wants him?
Posted By Jeff Fletcher on March 30, 2009 11:40 am
Jimmy Gobble got released by the Rangers this morning, just over a week after he was released by the Royals. Normally, I would say that anyone who has been released twice in two weeks — by those teams, particularly — probably doesn’t have a whole lot left.
But, he is left handed. And he is breathing. I assume.
The Giants and A’s are both looking for a lefty reliever, so I wouldn’t be shocked if either team took a low-risk flier on Gobble.
I endorse him fully, mostly because I like his name.
The problem is that he was released from the Rangers who need pitching big time. What does that say for Mr. Gobble? He just may be one done turkey.
I’d love to have the gobbler on the team just so i could say that
He’s pitched against the A’s a few times in the past when he was on the Royals and he isn’t very good. When you can’t land on the Rangers as a pitcher its time to hang it up. He will, of course, land somewhere because he throws left-handed.