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Transaction Oracle — A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen Saturday, November 17, 2007Astros - Acquired VillarrealHouston Astros - Acquired P Oscar Villarreal from the Atlanta Braves for OF Josh Anderson.
Villarreal was an exciting name about 5 years ago after bursting on the scene in relief for Arizona as a 21-year-old. He even successfully made it through getting nailed with two line drives in as many weeks, one in the leg and one in the chest. But he needed elbow surgery in 2004, shoulder surgery in 2005, and he came back as a serviceable middle reliever and not the top closer that a lot of people believed he could be (I personally liked Valverde better at the time, though he had a similar up-and-down career until last season).
And if serviceable middle reliever is part of your resume, Monster.com forwards it immediately to Ed Wade. In this case, while I generally think Wade puts too much of a priority on the lesser member of his bullpens, I do think this is a decent move on his part. Villarreal is still young, not very expensive, and he did fairly well last season (better in 2006). The Astros just acquired an outfielder that, just like Anderson, is a speedy centerfielder that hit well in limited time in the majors but not previously since A-ball. I think Willie Harris is the better player and one hopes the Braves that wouldn’t start the season with two Harrises on the roster. Strangely, a little like Ryan McGuire (though he’s smaller than McGuire), he looks quite different from what you would think from his statistics - he’s not some muscle-bound hulk, but he’s not some little scrawny guy either.
Is it just me or have there been more trades than usual pre-winter meetings?
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1. Der Komminsk-sar Posted: November 17, 2007 at 04:48 PM (#2618423)I don't see how he is better than Blanco, might have more speed. Still a guy with options, and 1 more year before he becomes rule v eligible?
As someone on BravesJournal pointed out, if this means the end of the Pete Orr era, it might be worth it anyway.
Anderson v. Blanco: Anderson is a much better baserunner (both are quite fast, Anderson slightly more so, but Blanco does a lot of dumb stuff out there - the CS being only part of the problem). Both are really good on d, Blanco has shown a larger platoon advantage (he's been awful versus lefties). Blanco has shown a willingness to draw a walk, unlike Anderson - though some of that would dissipate v. big league pitchers who would challenge him. Neither guy has power. I think Blanco is a wee bit younger. I think Anderson has one more option than Blanco, but that's a ways off for both of them. Neither is Rule 5 eligible (as they're on the 40).
What I don't get is why have 3 lefty centerfielders with no power at the top of your org - you'd only would want one of the three in the bigs at a time, I'd think...
-- MWE
The product of a thin free agent market.
Ed Wade's love for middle relievers has turned into love for middle infielders...
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