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3rd player named in Dunn deal

According to John Fay, the Reds beat writer for the Cincinatti Enquirer, the third player going to the Reds in the Dunn trade is catcher Wilkin Castillo. Supposedly our 14th best prospect going into the season, he had decent numbers for Tucson. He also played games at 3B, SS, and OF. I don't know a whole lot about him, so I can't say I'm too upset with him being included in the package. Still not too thrilled with losing Micah though.

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That was my guess.

This was first reported a few days ago.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 14, 2008 10:14 PM EDT   0 recs

Castillo named on XM as well

And did you see Burke’s homer today? Gamecast made it look like it landed in Boulder. I guess he hasn’t heard that the other PTBN is Micah. He thinks he’s playing for his job…again.

by Counsellmember on Aug 15, 2008 2:27 AM EDT   0 recs

They probably were just confused.

Compared to everything else Burke’s put in play this year, that was a mammoth shot.

by Azreous on Aug 15, 2008 3:35 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If he homers

because he thinks he’s playing for his job, then they should just let a rumor out every day that he’s about to be traded or DFA’d.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 15, 2008 9:39 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Burke doesn't have to play for his job

If he hasn’t lost it already, he never will.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 15, 2008 10:28 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

In his defense

Since the All-Star break, he’s hitting a good bit better – ..240/.296/.480 for a .776 OPS. Admittedly, that’s only 25 at-bats, bit it’s still an improvement on the .188/.307/.214 he posted in the first half, a .521 OPS.

by Jim McLennan on Aug 15, 2008 11:02 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That is a nice improvement

Maybe we can look at it like this:

The REAL Chris Burke (the one we thought we were getting in the Valverde trade) missed his flight and had to walk here from Houston. He arrived in Phoenix just after the All-Star break. The reason he hit so poorly in the first half of the season was because he wasn’t really there. .188/.307/.214 for the ghost of Chris Burke, is actually quite remarkable.

And now it’s time for me to stop procrastinating and get to work.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 15, 2008 11:54 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yuck

Diamondbacks send RHP Owings to Reds
1 hour, 33 minutes ago
 
 PHOENIX (AP)—The Arizona Diamondbacks sent pitcher Micah Owings to the Cincinnati Reds on Friday to complete the August trade for slugger Adam Dunn.

The Diamondbacks said Owings would be in his new Reds uniform Friday night when Cincinnati visits Arizona.

Owings did fine at the plate this season, hitting .288 with a home run, two doubles and three RBIs in 22 games with the Diamondbacks. But the 25-year-old struggled on the mound, going 6-9 with a 5.93 ERA and was sent down to Triple-A Tucson on July 29.

Owings went 4-for-5, including a pair of homers, drove in six runs and scored four times in a game against the Atlanta Braves last year. His 11 total bases were the most by a pitcher since 1942.

The Diamondbacks sent minor league pitcher Dallas Buck and two players to be named to Cincinnati for Dunn on Aug. 11. The Reds previously got minor league catcher Wilkin Castillo from Arizona as part of the deal.
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Best of Luck Micah! I know you’ll have a great future in the sport now that you’ve left the vortex of suck, the DBacks.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 12, 2008 6:32 PM EDT   0 recs

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