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Coming off a limited, injury riddled 2007 season Mark Kotsay will be filling some pretty big shoes for the Atlanta Braves in 2008 . Upon losing prized center fielder Andruw Jones to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Braves promptly traded for Kotsay in exchange for prospect reliever Joey Devine and Jamie Richmond.
Kotsay had only 206 at bats in 2007, and those at bats weren’t memorable. He hit .214 with 1 home run and 20 RBI’s. Mark will be 32 entering 2008.
Devine was 3-0 with 4 saves at the Triple A Braves’ affiliate last season. Devine appeared just 10 times with the big club last season, but the product of North Carolina State University was rated among the top ten Braves prospects in 2007. Richmond was 7-6 with a 3.05 ERA in Class A Rome last season.
“(Kotsay is) a quality major leaguer,” Braves third baseman Chipper Jones told the Journal-Constitution. “He’s gonna put up quality at-bats and play a solid center field. Not flashy like Andruw, but solid.”
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On Saturday Cardinals 37 year old center fielder Jim Edmonds was dealt to the San Diego Padres for prospect third baseman David Freese.
“I’m kind of shocked but excited because I get to be in Southern California next to my family and play for a contending team in a beautiful ballpark,” Edmonds said during a conference call from his offseason home in Irvine.
Edmonds hit 12 home runs and had 53 RBI’s to go with a .252 batting average in 2007. 24 year old Freese hit .302 with 17 HR’s and 96 RBI’s for the Class A level Lake Elsinore Storm in 2007.
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On Tuesday New York Mets General Manager Omar Minaya pulled the trigger on a puzzling deal…acquiring Guillermo Mota for Milwaukee Brewers Catcher Johnny Estrada.
“Johnny adds depth to our catching situation,” said Minaya. “He’s a former All-Star who switch-hits and has hit over .300 three times in his career.”
Estrada hit .278 (123-for-442) with 40 runs scored, 25 doubles, 10 home runs and 54 RBI in 120 games with the Brewers last year. Mota had a 5.76 ERA in 2007 and was frequently booed by the Shea Faithful.
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Omar Infante Shipped To Chicago For Jacques Jones
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Omar Infante, former utility man of the Detroit Tigers, was traded to the Cubs and Jacques Jones will put on a Detroit uniform next year.
“Our scouts really like him and how he fits because he’s a left-handed hitter that can play all three spots in the outfield,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said in a telephone interview. “But I think it was a great trade for both teams because Infante can really help a National League team because he can play short, second, third and in the outfield.”
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Right after the 2006 World Series, the Tigers sent a message loud and clear that they made business by acquiring big bat Gary Sheffield. Looking to make the same impression, today the Detroit Tigers acquired .332 hitting shortstop Edgar Renteria in exchange for Jair Jurrens and minor league outfielding prospect Gorkys Hernandez. Tigers skipper Jim Leyland is thrilled that the front office made the move.
“He was a part of the biggest night of my life in 1997,” Leyland said. “To be reunited with Edgar is a thrill.”
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Since the age of sixteen, the year he was signed, Wily Mo Pena has been looking for an organization that he could call home, and Boston will be added to the list of his former teams. On Friday the Boston Red Sox traded the struggling Pena to the Washington Nationals for a player to be named later. Still just 25 years old, Pena was hitting .218 with five home runs and 18 RBI’s for the Bosox. Washington general manager Jim Bowden had this to say on the move:
“We don’t score a lot of runs. We don’t have a lot of depth at the higher levels right now, and he’s 25 years old with power. It was an opportunity we couldn’t turn down. Certainly sometimes acquisitions can motivate other players to step up their game.”
This was a very good move for the Nats. They have to let their younger players play, and Pena can still develop into an above average Major League Baseball hitter. In the cavernous RFK Stadium home runs come few and far between. Pena’s one tool is raw power. It’d be safe to say that he’ll give that stadium’s fences a run for their money.
Wily can be expected to be suited up for Washington tommorow when they square off against the New York Mets.
Tadahito Iguchi Is Now A Philidelphia Phillie
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This has been a busy week for trades. Scott Linebrink is now a Brewer, Kenny Lofton is now an Indian, and most recently Tadahito Iguchi is a member of the Philidelphia Phillies. The Phillies were prompted to make this move due to Chase Utley, the team’s star second baseman, breaking his hand after a delivery from Nationals pitcher John Lannan. In return, the Phillies sent prospect Michael Dubee to the Chicago White Sox.
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Third Time’s The Charm-Indians Acquire Kenny Lofton
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For the third time in his career, former Texas Ranger Kenny Lofton will be suiting up in a Cleveland Indians uniform. The last time Lofton played for the Indians was in 2001, alongside Jim Thome, Roberto Alomar, and Juan Gonzalez. That team finished first place in its division that year, and the Indians have the chance to do the same the same this year, with a 59-43 record thus far this season. Lofton’s proving age to be just a number this season, hitting .303 with seven big flies and 23 RBI’s.
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Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Mike Maroth was acquired by the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday, after many rumors that he would be dealt to another team. With the return of Kenny Rogers to the Tigers pitching staff, Mike Maroth did not have a place on the Tigers starting rotation. Whom the Tigers received in return for Maroth has not been disclosed yet.
Don’t yet count out the Cardinals. Yes its a long shot that they’d win their division, but they have many crucial players on the DL who could help them have a 2007 playoff run. The Cards have shown that they are not ready to go down this season, acquiring both Tomo Ohka and Mike Maroth. They also are said to be interested in Chicago white Sox ace Mark Buehlre. If the Red Birds can keep their heads above water just long enough until Jim Edmonds, David Eckstein, Braden Looper, Yadier Molina, Preston Wilson, Mark Mulder and ace Chris Carpenter return from the DL, then they could be the scrappy team to beat that they were last year.
Michael Barrett’s dugout and clubhouse fight with Ace Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano would be his last. It was heavily rumored that either Zambrano or Barrett would be moved soon, and today it was reported that Barrett had been traded to the San Diego Padres for catcher Rob Bowen. Barrett has nine home runs and 56 rbi’s at this point in the season. Bowen has a .268 average with two home runs and 11 rbi’s.
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