Adopted - Robert Gsellman

[Chad ochoseis]

Well, as I've posted here previously, I'm no longer working full time and I've left the NYC area. So I have lots more free time, and I'm going to use some of it to give an orphaned Met prospect the father figure he needs in order to progress and achieve his full Metly potential. I've selected Robert Gsellman, current ace of the Binghamton staff and, according to MLB.com, the 3rd ranked pitching prospect in the org. And that's third behind not-really-a-prospect anymore Steven Matz and out-with-TJ Marcos Molina, so he can make a claim for being the top guy in the minors this year.

22-year-old Gsellman's best pitch is his sinking fastball, which I got to see up close and personal Wednesday night when he pitched on the road. He hit 95 mph pretty regularly and made the Akron Rubber Ducks look foolish (not that a team with a mascot named Rubberta doesn't look foolish even before they start swinging their bats). The bullpen blew the game for him, but let's not think about that. Right now, the Mets are pretty well fixed for starting pitching, but pitching is ephemeral. So who knows. We may be gseeing more Gsellman if things don't work out for one or more of our current staff, and I'm proud to be his adoptive daddy.

Oh, yeah...both the G and the S are pronounced. So his name sounds sort of like "gesundheit", but not really.

[Edgy MD]

That's a gsood adoption. Gso for it.

[Chad ochoseis]

Just two months ago, I was watching you make the Akron Rubber Ducks look foolish. Now, you're pitching against major leaguers, and also Jedd Gyorko.

They grow up so darn fast. I'm proud of you, son.

[Edgy MD]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Right now, the Mets are pretty well fixed for starting pitching, but pitching is ephemeral. So who knows. We may be gseeing more Gsellman if things don't work out for one or more of our current staff ... .

I may look to you for my Lotto numbers, O wise prophet.

[Frayed Knot]

Gary was pronouncing this as Geh-Zell-Man whereas my mind, having only seen it spelled but not pronounced prior to yesterday, had pre-assigned it the softer S of Geh-Cell-Man

A quick check through the interwebs revealed no clues as to the ethnic/lingual origins of such a name (or even any names with that unusual Gs beginning) other than a rather lame indication that virtually all Gsellmans reside in the USA.