White Sox - Acquired Cintron

Chicago White Sox - Acquired IF Alex Cintron from the Arizona Diamondbacks for P Jeff Bajenaru.

The Diamondbacks do the exact reverse of last week’s trade, this time sending the serviceable middle infielder out of town in return for the underrated older relief prospect.  Now, the DBacks didn’t care too much for Cintron’s play - I wonder if they would’ve been happier with him if he hadn’t shown flashes of stardom a few years ago.  Cintron’s adequate-at-best with the glove and not exactly a scientific hitter, but he’s a good stopgap and a terrific 5th infielder with a little bit of pop.  If Iguchi or Uribe go down, I’d much rather have Absolut Alex filling in for a few weeks than Pablo Ozuna.

Bajenaru was running out of chances to make the White Sox bullpen and the focus for the last relief spot was more on lefties Javier Lopez and Armando Almanza than him.  Bajenaru at the very least should see some time in the majors in 2006 as Arizona’s bullpen doesn’t suffer from an overabundance of either health or awesomeness.