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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Nats Trade Belliard To Dodgers

The Nationals traded second baseman Ronnie Belliard to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon for minor league pitcher Luis Garcia and a player to be named later. Garcia, at the time of the deal, was pitching for Class A Great Lakes of the Midwest League.

knucklehead7 Posted: August 30, 2009 at 09:24 PM | 15 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Tripon Posted: August 30, 2009 at 09:29 PM (#3309286)

I just submitted this.

Luis Garcia

http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=472610

3.49 FIP at Low-A, but is already 22. Looks like a relief prospect.

2. Baseball-Birthdays.com Posted: August 30, 2009 at 09:30 PM (#3309289)

two snaps up in a circle

3. Earvin 'Gold Stars' Johnson Posted: August 30, 2009 at 09:35 PM (#3309292)

Infield depth for September?
In August (60 at-bats in 14 starts), Belli was hitting 367/406/600/1006.

4. akrasian Posted: August 30, 2009 at 10:14 PM (#3309309)

There'd been rumors, but besides the small cost in trade, this means somebody must be taken off of the 40 man roster - I'm guessing Repko. Not a big deal, except that somebody else will need to be taken off if they want to activate Mientkiewicz off of the 60 day dl - which they will.

5. JJ1986 Posted: August 30, 2009 at 10:16 PM (#3309311)

Not a big deal, except that somebody else will need to be taken off if they want to activate Mientkiewicz off of the 60 day dl - which they will.

Shouldn't that just be Loretta? No reason to keep him around.

6. Tripon Posted: August 30, 2009 at 10:22 PM (#3309313)

Dodgers don't usually DFA somebody that they own money too. The only time they did was with Dewlyn Young and that was to facilitate a trade to Pittsburgh. Of course, Mientkiewicz got hurt a week later, and the dodgers been missing a good bench bat ever since.

7. Tripon Posted: August 30, 2009 at 10:26 PM (#3309316)

akrasian, they might just do the old 60 day DL to a minor league player who isn't going to be called up. Like Jesus Castillo, who's 25 years old, and not ready at all.

8. Moneyball can't buy you love (Joey B.) Posted: August 30, 2009 at 10:49 PM (#3309324)

I won't miss the overweight, sulking half-asser.

9. Ozzie's gay friend Posted: August 30, 2009 at 11:49 PM (#3309346)

Baby Manny and Regular Manny together on the same team!!!

10. Srul Itza At Home Posted: August 31, 2009 at 12:31 AM (#3309362)

Just wanted to note that there were a spate of stories around a week ago about how the Dodgers were being overhauled by Colorado.

Not so much now.

11. akrasian Posted: August 31, 2009 at 12:52 AM (#3309367)

Shouldn't that just be Loretta?

Loretta is the right handed "hitter" off of the bench.

12. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: August 31, 2009 at 01:13 AM (#3309377)

Surprised he's still in the league. Playing for Washington is like being in the witness protection program.

13. Dave Spiwak Posted: August 31, 2009 at 02:14 AM (#3309416)

Now the Dodgers have Manny and "little Manny" or whatever he's sometimes called.

14. JMPH Posted: August 31, 2009 at 04:50 AM (#3309504)

Loretta is the right handed "hitter" off of the bench.

Yeah, I think the correct term is right-handed batter.

15. drdr Posted: August 31, 2009 at 08:09 AM (#3309524)

akrasian, they might just do the old 60 day DL to a minor league player who isn't going to be called up. Like Jesus Castillo, who's 25 years old, and not ready at all.

Isn't the rule that you can't put players who were injured in minors on major league DL (that is, if player who is on 40-men and is set for minors is injured before the final rosters are set in spring, you can put him on 60-day DL, but if he is playing in minors, you can't)?

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