Brewers acquire speedy Morgan from Nats

JustinVerlander35 · Mar 28, 2011

The Brewers added some intrigue to their center-field situation Sunday by trading for Nyjer Morgan, a speedster who had fallen out of favor with the Nationals.

Milwaukee sent Minor League infielder Cutter Dykstra and $50,000 to Washington for Morgan, a left-handed hitter who offers an interesting foil for incumbent Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez, who hits right-handed.

Both Gomez and Morgan have their detractors -- Gomez for his unfocused nature at the plate and Morgan for a series of instances in which he lost his temper, including a benches-clearing brawl with the Marlins last September. Morgan was suspended eight games and fined $15,000 for his role in the scuffle.They were both regular starters for most of 2010, but general manager Doug Melvin and manager Ron Roenicke insisted there's no question about who will man center field for the Brewers in 2011. They sat down with Gomez early Sunday morning to inform him of the trade and assure him he was still the starter.

Roenicke made it plain for the media corps, too: "[Gomez] is our center fielder until something changes my mind on that. We just wanted to make it clear with him that we weren't getting a guy to replace him or that they were going to platoon or whatever. Things change in a season, but Carlos is our center fielder."
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