Diamondbacks get INF Tony Abreu from Dodgers

Confirming one of the worst-kept secrets in baseball, the player to be named later in the trade with LA for Jon Garland is indeed second-baseman Tony Abreu. To make room on the 40-man roste ,we designated right-handed pitcher Bobby Korecky for assignment.

From the official press release: "Tony is a switch hitter with the ability to play many infield positions and can swing the bat," Byrnes said. "He certainly will be involved in the competition for second base and add depth and flexibility to our roster." ... In 2008, Abreu spent the entire season on the disabled list having suffered discomfort from sports hernia surgery and a right groin injury during spring training that necessitated season-ending hip surgery on May 28, 2008."

Doesn't seem to have slowed his offense in 2009, he hit .336/.361/.541 between AA and AAA. And, no, he didn't play in Reno. :-) No word as yet with regard to the question of whether he's arbitration eligible a year sooner than we thought, or if so, whether the Dodgers kicked in a little extra to compensate. I suspect not...

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shizzle

I laugh until my head comes off.

by edbigghead on Oct 9, 2009 4:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

dammit

I wanted Ethier.

by SaveUsY2J on Oct 9, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Is this a serious post?

by Tripon on Oct 9, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No.

by SaveUsY2J on Oct 10, 2009 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't.

No douchebags, please.

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by DbacksSkins on Oct 11, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

Didn’t see this 1 coming!

GDB!

by Smoggie on Oct 9, 2009 5:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Really?

Was there ever any doubt? (Or was that sarcasm)

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by DbacksSkins on Oct 11, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The answer

to our second base problem? Or am I jumping the gun here?

by emilylovesthedbacks on Oct 9, 2009 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd say....

…unless he breaks down again he will be given the starting role next season, if only just to see what he can do at the major league level with some decent playing time.

There isn’t really much more the kid can do at AA/AAA given the numbers he’s put up.

GDB!

by Smoggie on Oct 9, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm....

could be a fairly impressive, yet young, infield, with Stephen Drew as the “veteran”.

Against a RHP: Miguel Montero at C, Brandon Allen at 1B, Tony Abreu at 2B, Mark Reynolds at 3B and Stephen Drew at SS.

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by DbacksSkins on Oct 11, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man.

I’m really broken up about Korecky being removed from the 40-man.

by Azreous on Oct 9, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It reduces our Australian %

from 5% to 2.5%.

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by DbacksSkins on Oct 11, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We better not get hosed on the arb issue.

"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too. " ~Greg, age 8

by njjohn on Oct 9, 2009 11:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like Abreu was the one who compromised

not the Dbacks or Dodgers
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/diamondbacks/articles/2009/10/09/20091009spt-dbacksabreu.html

by Suns' Sensei on Oct 10, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

Abreu opted to settle the grievance for 30 days of service time – less than originally expected – in order to make himself more attractive to the Diamondbacks.

Looks like he was quite keen to escape from LA. Hey, that sounds like a great movie idea…

"Win, or die" -- Marquise de Merteuil

by Jim McLennan on Oct 10, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs