Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 22, 2008
Reliever Traded

The Arizona Diamondbacks acquire Jon Rauch from the Nationals for Emilio Bonifacio. Arizona's closer Brandon Lyon blew five saves this season, as did Rauch. I have not yet seen how Arizona is planning to use Jon, but for the moment I'll assume he'll be the setup man. That pretty much leaves Washington without a closer. Maybe they think the job isn't that difficult. :-) Rauch walked a lot of batters early in his career, but his control improved and the last two seasons he's been very good.

The Nationals think Bonifacio will develop into a lead-off hitter. Looking at his minor league stats, I really don't see it. Overall, it doesn't seem like a very good trade for Washington.

The Nationals also extend Cristian Guzman's contract two years.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:13 PM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
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