At his press conference Gonzalez said, "I'm so F**King happen to be out from that meat grinder of a farm system Mr Marko @jiminyhopkins is running over there. Sh*t I spent 15 mutha-<bleep>ing years riding a bus. I'm so grateful for the opportunity, just a shot is all I asked, and when that SOB left me unprotected, I couldn't wait to get out of there as fast as I could in my new 2051 'Denny's Red' Subaru Forrester we all got for winning another championship in Toledo.
For their part when asked why to take such a chance on a 30yo player. GM Simon said - "Why buy the milk, when you can get the cow for free. These FA today want upwards of 15,20,30m guaranteed contracts. Who do they think we are the 2022 Cleveland Browns??! <room or reporters burst into laughter>. But seriously, he's a good leader, was a captain as his last team, and frankly he's better than the two boat anchors we had last year. We need someone to hold down the fort until the prospects can make it up." he added.
For his part in the Spring Gonzalez is batting .273 so far this spring.
