Oct 29 2008
Gamel Gets Spink Award
Mat Gamel, one of the top prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers system, was awarded the Spink Award on Wednesday by Topps and Minor League Baseball.
Gamel hit .329 for Double-A Huntsville in 127 games. He slugged 19 homeruns, 7 triples, 35 doubles and drove in 96 runs while scoring 96 too.
He walked only 55 times and struck out 111 times in 508 at-bats. He finished with a .395 on base percentage and a .537 slugging percentage.
Gamel might have a chance to crack the Brewers lineup at the Major League level come 2009 but will more than likely start at Triple-A.
In five games at Nashville of the Pacific Coast League, Gamel hit .238 with 1 homerun and 3 RBIs.
Previous Spink Award winners are:
- Cliff Floyd (1993)
- Derek Jeter (1994)
- Johnny Damon (1995)
- Andruw Jones (1996)
- Paul Konerko (1997)
- Eric Chavez (1999)
- Josh Beckett (2001)
- Delmon Young (2005)
- Alex Gordon (2006)
- Steven Pearce (2007)
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