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Brewers purchased the contract of third baseman Mat Gamel from Triple-A Nashville. Gamel gets a callup despite struggling over the last couple of months. He still ended up hitting .329/.395/.537 in Double-A. He only moved up to Triple-A at the very end of the year and went 5-for-21. The Brewers will probably give him a fair number of at-bats as a pinch-hitter. He’s not reliable enough defensively to be used as a starter at third base. He’ll get a chance to swing the bat mostly as a pinch-hitter for manager Ned Yost, although it’s possible that he’ll get a chance to start at third base down the stretch if Bill Hall slumps or if Yost realizes that his lineup is much stronger offensively with Gamel on the lineup card instead of Craig Counsell. (Rotoworld, Rotowire)

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