Beach Bums Ink Goetz

The Traverse City Beach Bums have signed outfielder Mike Goetz to a 2008 contract.

The 5'11" 190-pound native of Greenfield, Wisconsin, comes to Traverse City with an impressive resume. He was an All-American in both Junior College and at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, where he led the nation with a .493 batting average his senior season while finishing in the top 40 in the county in four other offensive categories.

Goetz was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006 and spent the rest of the summer tearing up the Arizona League. He led the league with 31 stolen bases while hitting .289 with a .393 on-base percentage. In 2007, he was promoted to the class short season-A Helena Brewers where he was managed by former Beach Bums' manager Jeff Isom. For Helena, Goetz hit .318 with 28 runs, 27 RBI, .462 slugging percentage, and .417 on-base percentage in just 132 at-bats. For his performance, Goetz was rewarded with a brief late-season call-up to the class double-A Huntsville Stars.