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Baseball Musings
March 01, 2006
Cementing Their Strengths

The Angels and Diamondbacks swapped minor league players yesterday. The Diamondbacks, already with two good major league middle infielders and some prospects in the pipeline, picked up Alberto Callaspo from the Angels for relief pitcher Jason Bulger. Jason's walks are a bit high, but he should do well in Anaheim with his strikeout totals. I love this trade from the point of view of the Diamondbacks, however. They are now loaded with good, young, middle infield talent. That's always valuable. Josh Byrnes opened a savings account and is squirreling away lots of talent that can be traded to improve any position. It's easy to find a good first baseman or left fielder. It's much harder to find someone who can handle a position up the middle. When teams go looking for one of those positions, Byrnes is going to get the first call.

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Posted by David Pinto at 08:34 AM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
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