Sunday, March 30, 2008

Winter trades

Offseason trading has been slower than usual this season.

  • Scranton acquired third baseman Ruben Aguilar from Philadelphia for two prospects. Aguilar hit .314 with 40 homers and 113 RBIs last season. Philadelphia gets catching prospect Angel Barcelo and pitching prospect Tomas Javier.
  • San Antonio acquired center fielder Carlos Santos and pitching prospect Ross Andrews from Syracuse for pitching prospect Glen Perkins, a first-round draft pick last season. Santos hit .291 with 30 homers and 95 RBIs last season.

Coach negotiations have begun, without a few of the regular in-demand candidates:

  • Veteran hitting coach Lou Jones, who twice got $6 million contracts, has retired. Jones coached for five teams in seven seasons, most recently for Pittsburgh.
  • Pitching coach Junior Flores also retired. Flores worked one season for Omaha, four for LA and two for Columbus, and six of his seven teams had winning records.
  • Houston bench coach Bryan Fabregas, who had a record of 655-479 in seven seasons, all with the Toros, also retired.

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