Brewers sign Strange-gordon to minors deal
MILWAUKEE — Former Allstar Dee Strange-gordon has signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers and been assigned to the alternate training site in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Strange-gordon, who turns 33 today, had gone to spring training with the Cincinnati Reds with a minor league contract and was released on March 26 after hitting .281 with no homers and four RBIS in 32 at-bats over 10 games.
He had been working out at shortstop with the Reds. Strange-gordon has primarily played second base and also has experience in the outfield.
The Brewers wanted to address some depth concerns in the infield after trading Orlando Arcia to the Atlanta Braves this month and losing Tim Lopes and Mark Mathias to injuries in spring training. Lopes and Mathias are both on the 60-day injured list.
Strange-gordon batted .200 with no homers, three RBIS and three steals in 33 games for the Seattle Mariners last season. He led the NL in batting average, hits and stolen bases in 2015 with the Miami Marlins. He also led the NL in steals in 2014 and 2017.
Robson, ex-player, coach, dies at 75
Former major league player and coach Tom Robson has died. He was 75.
Robson died of natural causes on Tuesday at Memory
Care Facility in Chandler, Arizona, New York Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Wednesday.
Taken by the Mets in the 50th round of the 1967 amateur draft, Robson played two seasons in the major leagues, both with the Texas Rangers. He batted .208 with four RBIS over 23 games and 54 plate appearances in 1974 and ’75, playing first base and designated hitter.
Robson coached in the Rangers’ organization, serving as minor league hitting instructor from 1982-85 and then as a member of manager Bobby Valentine’s coaching staff from 1986-92.
Robson was the Cincinnati Reds’ hitting coach from the start of the 2003 season until manager Bob Boone was fired that July.
Robson’s nephew is Cincinnati Reds third baseman Mike Moustakas.