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Phillies sign Ross Gload
by David Rocksteady 12/9/09
Ruben Amaro has made quick work of signing bench players. He added the final piece by signing former Marlin Ross Gload to a two-year contract.
Gload is a 33 year old left-handed batter who hit .261 with six home runs and 30 RBIs in 230 at-bats last season with the Marlins and hit .318 as a pinch-hitter. He is a career .283 hitter with a .328 on-base percentage and a .408 slugging percentage in his eight-year career which included tours with the Cubs, Rockies, White Sox, Royals and Marlins.
Gload will likely get the majority of his playing time in the outfield. He played 41 games at first base, 10 games in the outfield, and even pitched an inning in 2009. In his career he has played 102 games combined in right and left field and 362 games at first. That gives the Phils a bench that includes outfielder Ben Francisco, catcher Brian Schneider, infielders Greg Dobbs and Juan Castro, and now Gload.
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