‘Big Jon, pack your bags’: Singleton completes long quest back to bigs

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Published 03.06.2023
‘Big Jon, pack your bags’: Singleton completes long quest back to bigs
Brewers’ Jon Singleton returns to MLB for first time since 2015

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Here’s to the beginning of one other season, the experiences, the folks, the challenges we’ll meet. Nothing price it’s ever straightforward, and nothing straightforward is ever price it. @iLLJAY_SiNG

— Linzy Singleton (@linzyrother) March 27, 2023

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CINCINNATI — Triple-A Nashville skipper Rick Sweet has been managing within the Minors because the Nineteen Eighties and has advised a whole bunch, perhaps 1000’s of gamers they had been going to The Show. But even he’d by no means seen a crew react with such pleasure that it delayed a recreation. 

That’s what occurred Friday night time in Charlotte. Tie recreation, ninth inning. The Sounds’ athletic coach, Jeff Paxson, bought a textual content message to the impact of, “Pull Jon Singleton from the game, he’s going to the big leagues.” Paxson held up his telephone to Sweet.

“I took two steps down the dugout,” Sweet mentioned through phone on Saturday, “and he was 30-40 toes away from me. I mentioned, ‘Hey, Big Jon, pack your bags. You’re headed to the large leagues.’ The bench erupted. The recreation truly stopped for a second as a result of the folks on the sphere had been questioning what the heck was occurring in our dugout. 

“It’s an incredible story. If you could have seen the reaction from our team, you would have got goosebumps just like I did.”

The Brewers bought Singleton’s contract on Saturday and he began at first base towards the Reds at Great American Ball Park. It’s a brand new chapter in a outstanding baseball story for the 31-year-old Singleton, as soon as thought of one in all baseball’s greatest prospects earlier than he struggled with the Astros and was suspended for marijuana use. He was out of organized baseball earlier than he opened a gymnasium in 2020 and misplaced weight. He had a promising stint within the Mexican League in 2021, signed a Minor League contract with the Brewers in ‘22 and endured a rollercoaster start to ‘23 that saw him on Milwaukee’s 40-man roster, then launched when the membership wanted to free a spot, then re-signed to proceed a quest to get again to the large leagues.

When Singleton made it on Saturday, it marked his first look within the huge leagues in 2,801 days — almost eight years. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it’s the longest hole between Major League video games since Cardinals pitcher Brandon Dickson went 9 years and 4 days between huge league appearances from 2012 to 2021. 

“It’s been a long journey,” Singleton mentioned. “Right now I can’t even describe my emotions. But I’m grateful to be here.” 

A slew of his former Nashville teammates had been grateful to have him. They described Singleton’s outsized affect on the Sounds’ clubhouse and tradition. Brewers infielder Andruw Monasterio realized of the call-up when he opened the app that alerts gamers to the day by day lineup, and Singleton’s identify was on it.

“It’s one more chance for him, one more opportunity,” Monasterio mentioned. “Every opportunity you’ve got, you have to take advantage. And you have to have fun. That’s what it’s all about. It’s a game.”

Said infielder Brice Turang: “It’s dedication. It’s hard work. There’s sacrifices every player makes to chase their dreams, and he’s back. I couldn’t be any happier for him.”

In Nashville, mentioned Sweet, “[Singleton is] a quiet young man, but he has been the focal point and the leader of our club for the last two years. We’ll have off-days when we’re on the road and I’ll go down for dinner, and he’s there with five, six, seven guys. And he goes around to different tables putting his arm around guys and talking to them. It’s the same thing in the clubhouse. He’s interacting with all of these groups. Never loudly. Always very quietly.”

Jon Singleton warms up with the Brewers forward of their June 3 recreation towards the Reds. (Milwaukee Brewers)

Singleton credited his spouse, Linzy, with supporting him throughout his lengthy highway again. The couple simply had a son in January, their second little one.

Singleton was requested whether or not he might pinpoint the second that he dedicated to getting again to the Majors.

“That moment really never left my mind,” Singleton mentioned. “I may have been distracted or I may have been deterred, but it never really left my mind. Once I had time to step away and consider what life really was, and what it meant to me, then I was able to put things in perspective.”

Singleton is regarded for his huge energy and eager eye. He slashed .258/.384/.483 with Nashville this season with 10 dwelling runs, second in Milwaukee’s Minor League system to the injured Keston Hiura, who’s three weeks into restoration from a knee damage that’s anticipated to sideline him 2-3 months, in keeping with supervisor Craig Counsell. The Brewers simply launched Luke Voit on Friday earlier than first baseman Darin Ruf collided with the tarp at Great American Ball Park and suffered a laceration to his proper knee so deep it uncovered tendons and ligaments.

When Ruf landed on the injured checklist Saturday, Singleton bought the spot.

“The journey his career has taken is unique,” Counsell mentioned. “It’s been hard. And yeah, you’re thrilled for people like that, that they can go on that journey, keep going through a lot of tough, tough times. He figured out a way to get through it, to continue to do what he loves, and that’s play baseball.”

Sweet and the remainder of the Sounds will likely be watching.

“I’m sure he could have gone to Japan or Korea and become a big deal, but he wanted to get back to the big leagues here,” Sweet mentioned. “I think he wanted to rectify the years that he took off, that he was away from the game, and prove that he was back and ready.”